Thanks again for all the responses, I really appreciate the insight. Fortunately, I've worked in a sort of similar environment to what a lot of these posts seem to have described (just pull your weight, be cool, and you'll be fine). I lurked this forum a lot before I even started the paperwork...
That's a great example of something I hadn't considered, differences in who could be expected to be better suited for what hours. I'm fascinated with how professions like EMS evolve with the realities of the times, in some sense. And your second point above also sounds like a good policy. I can...
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I am a female EMT-B student (who would like to become a paramedic, ultimately) who will be taking the NREMT exam in the spring and have just begun my ride-along/clinical hours. So far the majority of my instructors have been men. I don't mean that as any sort of criticism or complaint...