Just a idea
This is a good way to go with out joining the military. I would go Army Medical Corps if I where you.
First fly in a chopper and see if you like it, many don't.
Get a paramedic license
Get your CCEMT-P
Work in a high call vol area
Get a RN degree
Get CCRN
Work in a large ED
Apply...
I finally got a cashiers check from Emergystat for the bounced check, now they owe me for my last 2 weeks and vacation pay, I'm not holding my breath for that money. Care Ambulance took over operations in Perry , Dallas, Lowndes and Dale Counties in Alabama. I work in Perry Co, Care hired all of...
In the rural county I work in we do not even use lights and sirens anymore, unless there is alot of traffic through town (which is not to often). We drive to and from scene just like we where going to the store following traffic laws. I have timed our response with and without lights and sirens...
One of the main reasons I quit working for the service in the town where I live is that I had to make the initial 911 call on my father in law (who I am really close to) when he had a stroke. I also had to transfer him 110 miles to UAB hospital in Birmingham AL. He went south on me about half...
Children by far. On Monday we responded to a child that fell out of the back of a truck, the driver said the 12 y/o kid was sitting on a cooler in the back, he said he was going approx 45 mph down a bumpy county road when he noticed the kid wasn't back there, he had gone about 1/4 mile. The kid...
I was starting to think I was the only one that did that.:)In the winter I usually keep 1 or 2 bags on the table with our radio and grab them on the way to the truck.
Get a quality stethoscope, this will help a lot. Littman Cardiology III, Master Cardiology or something better than the ones your service or school has.