I need some advice from anyone who has been an EMT for a while.
My situation is that I am in nursing school~~a very crappy nursing school for lack of better words. The faculty is at odds with each other, the school is on probation, and the teachers offer no encouragement. Half of my class is failing and we have to make near to impossible grades to pass for the semester (Yes, they really will fail a great number of people at once, seen it happen before). :sad: I already know I want to be in the field of emergency medicine. It is clear that I need a backup plan at this point. I started looking at EMTs. To my suprise... it sounds more up my alley then nursing! I didn't consider being an EMT before nursing school. Now I am considering the possibility of withdrawing from nursing school and becoming an EMT. The EMT program starts Oct. 2 so I kind of have to make the decision soon.
What is it really like to be an EMT? Is it faced paced most of the time or not? What is the stress like? Would you still want to be an EMT when you are 45 (I am 25)?
Have any of you transferred your certification to another state and what is that process like?
Thank you so, so much for any opinions or advice!
Julie
My situation is that I am in nursing school~~a very crappy nursing school for lack of better words. The faculty is at odds with each other, the school is on probation, and the teachers offer no encouragement. Half of my class is failing and we have to make near to impossible grades to pass for the semester (Yes, they really will fail a great number of people at once, seen it happen before). :sad: I already know I want to be in the field of emergency medicine. It is clear that I need a backup plan at this point. I started looking at EMTs. To my suprise... it sounds more up my alley then nursing! I didn't consider being an EMT before nursing school. Now I am considering the possibility of withdrawing from nursing school and becoming an EMT. The EMT program starts Oct. 2 so I kind of have to make the decision soon.
What is it really like to be an EMT? Is it faced paced most of the time or not? What is the stress like? Would you still want to be an EMT when you are 45 (I am 25)?
Have any of you transferred your certification to another state and what is that process like?
Thank you so, so much for any opinions or advice!
Julie