Recent content by thenoob

Got a response to an email from an ad looking for EMTs. Turns out it is a national guard program. It offers the following: -Free College tuition and fees to Umass or any state college or University. -Paid EMT training (you will get nationally certified as an EMT Intermediate which is one...

So I should find a class called EMT basic and enroll? And after completing the courses and clinical I will be able to ride around as an EMT-basic? Will that course require any prerequisite courses? And I assume the more serious commitment is, one has to go to paramedic school in order to...

how long does it take from being a total noob to being employed as an EMT?

I have had impulses before to do outlandish things but this EXCITES me thinking about it, unlike my dead end current path. I imagine what it would be like to ride around and be prepared for anything that comes along my way and to do it second nature like any other job. But it is a big step...

Am I cut out for this kind of work? Yesterday I witnessed an accident and rushed out to help the person who crashed. I never felt such a rush in helping somebody who was too shocked and stunned to deal with it themselves. I've always loved work driving whether it's delivering pizza or working...