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I'm a new, recently-licensed EMT-B with no experience, just hired at a private ambulance company in central MA for $12/hr. FWIW.

I'm looking at EMS as a career change after a stagnant 20-year career in IT. I swear I'd end up punching my own ticket if I had to spend the next 20 years of my life sitting on my *** staring at a computer monitor 10 hours a day. There is an element of necessity here too - I recently got...

Thanks for all the advice, guys. I have seen how competitive nursing school programs can be to get in to - my wife is doing it now. She's been working as a hospital lab tech for years, but is now going back for RN. She finished her prereq stuff last year and will be starting the actual...

Now I'm probably jumping the gun here since I'm only in the midst of my EMT-B training at present, but it's in my nature to always be looking ahead to what's next. That said, I'm currently pondering what direction to go once I've got my B cert and have spent some time in the field. I am...

Avid rider here. My ride:

On topic: I have my LTC-A, here's my Beretta 92fs: I also have two .22 target pistols (a Ruger MkIII and a S&W 22a) - great, cheap fun. B)

I'm in a similar situation: middle-aged guy with a wife and kids, looking at EMT as a career change. Spent the last 20 years in IT, got laid-off, and having no luck finding another job. Can't say I'm disappointed though because I was about ready to kill myself if I had to keep sitting on my...

I'm so pleased to have found this forum and this thread in particular. It's nice to know I"m not the only Olde Pharte in the field. I'm 43 and just started an EMT-B course. I'm more enthusiastic about this than I was when I was getting my now-worthless B.S. many moons ago. I have many of...