Career Planning...

[Calico]

So as it is, I'm only a few weeks away from graduating my EMTB class. Yay me.

My husband and I are planning on moving (right now we're thinking TN, but that's not really relevant I think). But because we have a five-year commitment to our station, it's not happening any time soon. Which is fine; we can save for a nice place.

I'd like to continue on to be AEMT. Hooray for me again.

I guess my question would be, after that, should I go ahead and go on to Medic, do the year and a half course, get licensed in Michigan, then we move and get re-licensed in another state? Or, would I be better off waiting on the medic until we move so there isn't a whole bunch of wasted time and effort and money? What's the to-do?

 

[NomadicMedic]

Depends. How do you know you'll even like EMS? I'd work in the field for a bit before locking down your plans.

I do think that AEMT is (mostly) a waste of time and money. If you want to be a medic, be a medic. As long as you're a NREMT-P, state reciprocity may a pain, but it's usually not more than a handful of forms and a hundred bucks.

 

[STXmedic]

What he said. I also see AEMT as a waste of time. That, and if you are moving states, that cert has a lot of variability depending on where you go. Some places use AEMT, some still use intermediate 85/99, and many others don't even use them at all. If you want to be a medic, go to medic school. NREMT transfers to most places, TN I believe being one of them.

 

[Tigger]

My understanding is that if you wish to work on ambulance in TN is that you must have your AEMT in order to "challenge" their EMT-IV certification, which is the minimum required for ambulance work in TN.