Thinking about becoming an EMT/Paramedic! Any Advice? What would you suggest?

[crazycajun]

Yes, the monetary salary is less. However, in the military you get housing, food, medical care and recreation provided. If you stay in twenty years you get a pension. If you have a psouse and kids, they give you a larger living space.

Yes, one would have to take even an EMT-b class. However, that probabaly would be a lot easier to do having had the military training and experience.

You seem to forget that a person who joins the military may end up overseas being shot at, worrying about IED's, disease and leaving their family behind to serve, get out and have to start all over again. Do you even think before you....Never mind I have read your post.

 

[ExpatMedic0]

It seems to me that a lot of the PA students I know are EMT's and Paramedics? Why would you guys discourage this?

 

[jgmedic]

Yes, the monetary salary is less. However, in the military you get housing, food, medical care and recreation provided. If you stay in twenty years you get a pension. If you have a psouse and kids, they give you a larger living space.

Yes, one would have to take even an EMT-b class. However, that probabaly would be a lot easier to do having had the military training and experience.

Yes and no, the military medics in our class struggled a bit, although they did have 10x the maturity of some our other classmates.