Recent content by WIemt

To answer your question yes most EMT's that I know have a second job. Some are in similar fields like you mentioned and some are completely different (I know one guy here that has a wood carving business on the side) There's two main reasons to that, one is as an EMT the money isn't there as...

I've heard from several people that NWTC is probably the best program in the state but I can't justify driving over an hour each way to school every day, plus I will be doing ride alongs and clinicals here in the valley so that could really mix up my schedule.

I'm going to school at Fox Valley Tech in Appleton. Yeah I'm about ready for 70 and sunny. I drive a semi for a living until I get done with school and this weather is killing me. Oh well though snow/ice + stupid drivers = job security.

cfrench; I understand that. I'm one of those areas that does EMS. If it's burning I'll wait outside with a marshmallow on a stick until you guys bring me someone to work on. Fire's not my thing. He just said in his original post that he wanted to focus on medical and I was pointing out that as a...

I'm new here but my advice is free so I'll throw it out there just for fun. I say get into paramedic A.S.A.P. You mentioned maybe going for intermediate which seems like a waste of time to me since you plan on going medic eventually. Maybe someone with experience on that transition can set me...

Hi everyone. New guy here from Wisconsin. I've been browsing the forums for a while now but finally decided to sign up and throw my 2 cents around. I've been a First Responder or an EMR whatever they call it now for about 3 years and finally decided I wanted to do EMS for a career. I Went...