College student EMT looking for Paramedic school

[Kavsuvb]

I have a question for you guys. I have been an EMT since 1998 and maintained my EMS skills. I am graduating college in May with a Bachelors degree in History and Social Science with a double Minor in Asian Studies and Public Health. I'm looking at going to Paramedic school and what's the best paramedic school in America and the kind of paramedic I am looking at working is Hospital based EMS. I'm also looking at getting my MPH on top of my Paramedic as well.

 

[COmedic17]

Then probably a paramedic school run by a teaching hospital that has its own EMS.....

 

[Kavsuvb]

I'm looking at getting my Paramedic and then my MPH in community health or Epidemiology.

 

[luke_31]

Skip paramedic and concentrate on getting your MPH. You can do more with that degree and it doesn't do much to have and work as a paramedic.

 

[Kavsuvb]

Here's my thinking, I was thinking of getting an MPH in community health Or epidemiology and having a Paramedic license as a way of working in the community and combining the skills of Paramedic and Masters in Public Health.

 

[Kavsuvb]

Skip paramedic and concentrate on getting your MPH. You can do more with that degree and it doesn't do much to have and work as a paramedic.

Question, if you have an EMS background as an EMT. Would be good idea to go into MPH?

 

[luke_31]

Can't hurt, plenty of people get an MPH who have medical backgrounds. I've known a few nurses who have one. Also having a MPH may help a little with some of the social work type stuff that you may run across as a paramedic, but in reality you would be telling the patient to talk with an actual social worker who could set them up with the resources that they need

 

[Kavsuvb]

Can't hurt, plenty of people get an MPH who have medical backgrounds. I've known a few nurses who have one. Also having a MPH may help a little with some of the social work type stuff that you may run across as a paramedic, but in reality you would be telling the patient to talk with an actual social worker who could set them up with the resources that they need

That's what I was thinking and I was thinking of getting a Paramedic degree and an MPH as well and work in community health or epidemiology and respond to disease outbreaks.