How did you get into EMS?

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Just curious- how did your career get started? Was it just something where one thing lead to another, or is it something you've always wanted? What do you enjoy so much about it?
 
got lost on the way to college
 
I got myself kicked out of college and met this nice man standing on a sidewalk in front of the Navy recruiting office. He offered me a chance to redeem myself. I took it. Nineteen years later I am still doing it. Sal wherever you wound up, thanks.
 
oldschoolmedic said:
I got myself kicked out of college and met this nice man standing on a sidewalk in front of the Navy recruiting office. He offered me a chance to redeem myself. I took it. Nineteen years later I am still doing it. Sal wherever you wound up, thanks.
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I still haven't found the ocean yet.
 
freeriding, season's pass
 
TV. Then 9/11. Then money.
 
I got into it half-way through college by taking a first responder course, had so much fun that I decided to take the EMTB course and it snowballed from there. I finished college and then went on to Paramedic school. I don't regret it one bit!!
 
I've always wanted to do it. I remember having a counter on my desktop....

1 year, 3 months, 2 days, 7 hours, 19 seconds until I can join the ambulance corps

Then it hit zero. And I screamed...really loudly...and brought in my application
 
Wow, mine kinda just happened. I was originally going to school to be an RN, and I wanted to work in the ER, so I took the EMT-B class for experience, I figured it would only help, and possibly help me to relate to the EMTs and Medics that brought the pts. in, and our instructor required us to do ride time, and when I did, I fell in love with it. To keep my parents happy (thier paying the tuition) I'm staying in my nursing classes, but I decided to double major in both Paramedic Science (I start in the fall of 07) and Nursing
 
Good ole Johnny and Roy, what can I say but....KMG365!!!^_^
 
Got my bachelor's degree & started working in hospital adminstration. It's oh-so-boring & I decided I needed something to help me break up the boredom on the weekends. I'm a vollie with a 911 agency & am lucky to run in an area that gets a lot of calls. We have great supervisors & ALS providers who are committed to teaching & mentoring.

I love it & wish I could make a career out of it...maybe someday...
 
I got into EMS work when I became an explorer with the local medical explorer post,and I have enjoyed it ever since.
 
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