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I kind of want to volunteer as a paramedic here (rural louisiana) but I don't want to do it as a career. I already work as a volunteer firefighter but I'd like to have more skills. I'm not hiding anything.

It's funny you say that, as I've played that game! But that wasn't why I made TheCourier my name on here, I actually happen to be a courier. I'd bet there's not many others on here (if at all) so I put "the" in front of it.

I find it all quite interesting, and I've always wanted have paramedic-level medical skills, more than the typical CPR class. Is it possible to get the training of a paramedic without actually intending to work as one?

I don't want to be a paramedic as a job but I want to learn all the skills an EMT-P does without actually having to go through with it as a career. (I already have a job I'd like to stay in) Are there any options other than training to become an EMT-P as if I were going to go into it as a...

Agreed. I've got a long way to go. I'm only a sophomore biology major

If that's what it'll take, I will spend the years in school.

All I need is the knowledge, sir.

I once heard that military combat medics don't know much more than an actual EMT-P. I wonder if that's true?

That bleeding control though... couldn't that mean the difference between life and death?

There's no way I could help save lives of critically injured? I'd be willing to learn anything I have to.

I had asked earlier if EMT-P's were effective in treating combat-related injuries such as gunshots, explosions or other acute physical trauma. You all will think I'm crazy, but I want to learn to treat physical trauma because my brother, who works for Doctors Without Borders, is in Syria...

I want to be able to treat acute physical trauma patients. Are EMT-P's able to effectively treat trauma such as gunshots or explosions? How much can they do for a patient suffering acute physical trauma (perhaps similar to injuries sustained in a war zone)? Would an ER Registered Nurse be...