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I go this next weekend to get my c-pro cert so i can enter the emt basic for this summer semester. Just curious,if you get into ems and decide you want to stick with the level emt-b,can you make emt-basic a career without going medic? Any feedback is much appreciated. Thank you and God Bless
 
bama_j_ram said:
I go this next weekend to get my c-pro cert so i can enter the emt basic for this summer semester. Just curious,if you get into ems and decide you want to stick with the level emt-b,can you make emt-basic a career without going medic? Any feedback is much appreciated. Thank you and God Bless
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No. You can't unless you become a fire fighter, and they even may force you into Medic. I mean you could if you could find a way to live on 9/hr. A basic is little more than a glorified boy scout.
 
I resemble that remark!!!!!!
 
Sure, there's career basic's where I work. It's not exactly a LIVING wage, especially if you want to have a family and such, but there are plenty of places that are perfectly happy to let you stagnate.

/snark off after a long night
 
Moved to appropriate forum.
 
bama_j_ram said:
I go this next weekend to get my c-pro cert so i can enter the emt basic for this summer semester. Just curious,if you get into ems and decide you want to stick with the level emt-b,can you make emt-basic a career without going medic? Any feedback is much appreciated. Thank you and God Bless
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Don't know why you'd want to, but I really don't think so. EMT-B is a one semester class. Not exactly hard to do. You could volunteer for free, but I don't think you could make any money off of it.

If you want to make a living off of it, you MIGHT be able to do it at EMT-I. Intubation, IV, a lot of the drugs, and EKG training. But really, you go that far, might as well step it up to medic.

The only way I can see you making any money as an EMT-B is

A) as a Firefighter, but as someone else said, they may require you to go higher too.

B) as part of a medical transport team. You'd likely end up a permanent driver, letting the medic in the back do all the real work and make the actual living wage (not much of one, unfortunately).
 
Scout said:
I resemble that remark!!!!!!
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You've taken offense a few times when the education level for the EMT-B is referenced.

I notice you are in Ireland. Are the hours of training in Ireland also only 110? If so, do you really find that adequate? I had thought that Ireland was in the process of upgrading to two levels of Paramedic.

You also list your age as 20. Do you not have any higher goals or plans to further your education if indeed 110 hours is all your EMT-B is?
 
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PapaBear434 said:
EMT-B is a one semester class.
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Actually it is a two week course that some schools stretch by only meeting a few hours a week. So that should warn everyone not to expect much medical education.
 
VentMedic said:
You've taken offense a few times when the education level for the EMT-B is referenced.
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He said resemble, not resent. It was a remark to when sasha said boy scout, as his name is scout....
 
Linuss said:
He said resemble, not resent. It was a remark to when sasha said boy scout, as his name is scout....
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And his post came right after his other statement with the EMT-B controversey on the other thread.

I think Sasha is better mannered than to call someone "boy".

Scout also posted after Sasha so I doubt if "boy scout" was referencing him.
 
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Play nice people.
 
medic417 said:
Actually it is a two week course that some schools stretch by only meeting a few hours a week. So that should warn everyone not to expect much medical education.
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True enough. The one I took was at the community college, and it was from 1300 to 1700 on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and it took a semester. So that's what I was thinking.

I'm not going to diminish what Basics do, though. Yeah, the school training isn't much, but you learn plenty on the rig. You pick up a LOT, and any medic that isn't a complete *** will tell you what's going on.

And Basics gather the information that is vitally important to everyone else up the chain. First line of defense, and all that. And the amount of things they do to help out, whether it's setting up IV's and monitors or doing the compressions, bagging, bandaging or any other more mundane tasks while the medics to the more involved activities. Hell, just having basics on hand to handle the numerous "I've fallen and can't get up" calls so medics aren't tied up when the cardiac arrests pop up.

Basics are essential, and I'm not going to trash on anyone who wants to help. Just don't expect to make a career out of it.
 
VentMedic said:
And his post came right after his other statement with the EMT-B controversey on the other thread.

I think Sasha is better mannered than to call someone "boy".

Scout also posted after Sasha so I doubt if "boy scout" was referencing him.
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I don't think you're getting it...

Sasha said boy scout, and Scout made an attempt to be funny because his name is Scout.

She said boy scout, his name is scout. They both have scout. He said he resembles boy scout because his name is scout. Resemble means alike. I don't know where you got that resemble was a synonym of resent, but it's not.
 
Linuss said:
I don't think you're getting it...

Sasha said boy scout, and Scout made an attempt to be funny because his name is Scout.

She said boy scout, his name is scout. They both have scout. He said he resembles boy scout because his name is scout. Resemble means alike. I don't know where you got that resemble was a synonym of resent, but it's not.
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Sasha's statement:

Sasha said:
A basic is little more than a glorified boy scout.
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Scout is also an EMT-B who had just made a weighted statement on another thread about Basics. He resembles the EMT-B also.

So, it can be easily taken as an EMT-B who is upset about being called a boy scout.
 
VentMedic said:
Sasha's statement:



Scout is also an EMT-B who had just made a weighted statement on another thread about Basics. He resembles the EMT-B also.

So, it can be easily taken as an EMT-B who is upset about being called a boy scout.
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Yes, it can be taken that way, but then it'd be delving way too deep into what he said.


Or I'm just totally wrong on the whole matter with an over simplified view :P
 
Just adding to this:

Staying as an EMT-B: Either
A) Marry someone who can support you both
B) Live in a 1 room Studio apartment in Dorchester eating Ramen noodles.

Personally, as soon as I get the cash together, I'll be going for my I if not for the extra cash but for the extended scope of practice. Will do my medic in a few years, again a money and time issue, if neither was the issue, I'd be doing it now.

No-One wants to stay as a B.
 
Here in Canada our version of the EMT-B is called EMR and they can make a decent wage. They can make really good money working in the oilfields. In alberta the day rate is anywhere from 225/day to 250./day with a 50./day meal allownce which would make it actually 300./day. Most EMR's eventually become EMT's and EMT-P's.
 
My comment was in relation to mocking the Boy scouts.

Its was a humours remark.

Vent i'll bang out a pm to explain where i lye in the system.
 
Sasha said:
A basic is little more than a glorified boy scout.
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As a glorified boy scout, I am offended! I had to take human biology in grade school. :rolleyes:
 
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