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id go for the medic career. most state have a aramedic to rn corse that isn't as bad as youd think.
The base knowledge is similar but that's about where the similarities end.
One of the biggest things I have learned throughout my clinical time for school is that Paramedicine and Nursing are two totally different beasts. I felt useless during my ICU rotations, we just don't have that type of education. In the ER one could argue that paramedics might be a better fit than nurses but the nursing union says otherwise. Also most paramedics I know don't like having to wait around for someone to tell them what to do.
Comparing Nursing to Paramedicine is like comparing apples to oranges, just like Linuss said.
My program completes an "equivalent" a college level A&P course, but that's not the norm.