I'm not quite sure...it depends on how you define "joined EMS".
Started doing observational ride-alongs at 15.
Started and finished Basic class at 18.
Started working as a Basic at 19.
I just got an iPhone the other day, and I have the Epocrates app. I find it to be helpful, too. It has more info on prescriptions than my field guide does and its information is continuously kept up to date. The pill pictures function is pretty cool, it has helped me out in an OD call where the...
It all depends on where you live and what kind of service you are trying to get hired onto.
Around here, I don't believe you can drive for any of the private services under the age of 21 or 23 due to insurance costs. The 911 services, operated by the counties, don't have age limits (that I know...
Another question is, how likely is it that a traumatic arrest would be in a shockable rhythm in the first place?
Assuming the hypothetical patient didn't, you know, pass out and fall onto a gun.