Sineath02
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AHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im going to choke on the first day!
....and I found out that an AED works just fine......
I'll trade you costs... although that might seem steep, mine is $800 a credit/hr. so my next semester is $12,000 alone and the books are about $2500.00 for that semester
My EMT-B school cost over 2300 dollars, SO ALL OF YOU STOP COMPLAINING!!!
What?! Dude, you got hosed!!
Not really sure if I agree with that. Primarily because I do it as a VOLUNTEER part time thing. Not sure if this is still true, but I read a couple of months (or a year) ago that over 75 percent of EMT's, and firefighters are volunteer. While almost 90 percent of departments have all, or mostly volunteers. I know I, personally, could not afford to pay for my own paramedic course. I doubt if most departments would be willing to shell out the money for a paramedic course just as a volunteer. The current social status of the 'public safety' working (IE, police, fire, EMS) is pretty low in the US and has been for . . . . . . . . LONG time. I highly doubt that will ever change. Even after 9/11 and people really do understand how important we are, most people either don't want too, or can't afford to pay more for the services we provide. I believe most departments use us volunteers because we're cheap and in some cases (not all) we care more about what's going on. It's not 'just a job' for us.Basic school is just to short to be worth :censored::censored::censored::censored:, seriously. We should just make Paramedic a degree, standardize and that'll get EMS the respect it deserves.
...and in some cases (not all) we care more about what's going on. It's not 'just a job' for us.
I sometimes wonder. I mean, the school is quite well known in the EMS world, But honestly? I don't think I got my money's worth in terms of education nor did it truly stand out.
Sure the price stood out, but the instruction really didn't.
There was little practical curriculum in that we rarely had practicals, and instead we spent most of our time either in class, taking BPs or going out into the hallway and going through the procedure of pt assessment. There were no real world example given, no real world situations simulated.
Sorry for the rant!