The right steps for becoming a paramedic

[Anjel]

Michigan requires a Medic student to have a BLS or license prior to clinical rotations and internship. He/she must be certified BLS upon entering the program and able to test. Schoolcraft College for example; Medic students must be:

1. Certified EMT or EMT/Spec Licensed.
2. Successfull in pre-reqs - A/P/BIO/Med Term
3. Able to pass a drug screening.
4. Able to pass a criminal background check.
5. Complete the interview/application for admission.

Other schools have more requirements, some have fewer....for now.

Yea I go to OCC. Those are pretty much the requirements. Except you can do A/P as you go. You don't have to have it before hand.

 

[Boston_EMS58]

Boston and King County WA, both do odd things with EMS education... Even if a medic is hired from the outside, they go through an internal medic class and test.

Boston also ONLY hires EMT's, then fills medic slots from within.

Can someone local confirm this... and explain more?

Agreed, granted I dont know too much about this. But I know that Boston has their own 6 month "academy" for EMT-B's and I think it is safe to say that they only pull from those "graduates". It's really difficult to get a job in Boston if your an "outsider". I would go to the academy but I don't live in Boston yet.