I want the "EMT LIFE"

[Tunalik]

The military is starting to put people through paramedic school, including making them NR paramedics. This is a very small number of medics, though. Most will just come out with their EMT.

Can you specify? Where in the "military"?

 

[STXmedic]

Military flight medics (mostly Army, but I believe Navy too), are putting their medics through Paramedic school. I'm not familiar with what actual MOS or unit designation these guys are, though. I may be precepting one tomorrow, so I'll find out more if I get the chance.

 

[9D4]

Pararescuemen are among the most highly trained emergency trauma specialists in the U.S. military. They must maintain an Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic qualification throughout their careers. With this medical and rescue expertise, along with their deployment capabilities, PJs are able to perform life-saving missions in the world's most remote areas. ----
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Paramedic Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M. -- This 22-week course teaches how to manage trauma patients prior to evacuation and provide emergency medical treatment. Upon graduation, an EMT-Paramedic certification is awarded through the National Registry.

http://www.afsoc.af.mil/specialtactics/pjtraining.asp
Only one's I know of. Talk to a recruiter. I may of just found a really helpful one, but I told him I was interested in Pararescue and he gave me a phone number of one that he knew local for me to shoot the :censored::censored::censored::censored: with and get a feel for it.

 

[STXmedic]

The one I'm referring to is out of San Antonio, and I don't think there are any AF guys (likely because they already use the school in NM)

 

[9D4]

The one I'm referring to is out of San Antonio, and I don't think there are any AF guys (likely because they already use the school in NM)

I believe, they train in that area as well at the beginning (Lackland). Don't know for any other branch, though. Just the only one I knew off the top of my head.

 

[STXmedic]

Lackland is where AF basic is held. Fort Sam Houston trains all of the army medics and navy corpsmen. UTHSC-SA trains the flight medics (paramedics) for at least the army, and possibly the navy.

 

[Tunalik]

The reason behind my interest in the military was to get a feel for it and to help make my way through school, with my overall goal becoming a Fire Paramedic somewhere where the pay is decent (ATL, maybe?). And I'm debating whether I want to leave my home and my family and my friends and my girlfriend for 4 years and STILL may have to go to school for my basic, or just go through school normally with the help of a reserve program or the guard. Right now I really want to learn as much as I can about those programs, the pros/cons of those two versus active duty. Thank you.

 

[9D4]

I was just saying they do train their for a portion. Basic/ indoctrination.
Anyways, not important.
I only brought it up since I knew about the medic portion beforehand. OP didn't seem too interested before, just wanted to show that there is an example of one.

 

[Tigger]

Fort Carson here in Colorado recently put 20 or so flight medics through a traditional paramedic program. I can confirm that being that my partner is/was the lead instructor.

 

[Handsome Robb]

68WF3 I believe. You have to be in for a while as a 68W before you can reclass though if I remember correctly.

 

[mycrofft]

Recruiters are salesmen and saleswomen

The best ones will help (give advice to) your spouse or other significant others once you are in basic.
But their goal is to deliver "X" bodies to their branch of service of a certain level of quality.
Don't be sold on one brach or one career field, and shop recruiters.