But I have taken some W-EMT classes and work with a rescue team that does back country extrication, high angle rescue and such. It is fun(?) doing all that stuff hanging on the end of a rope.
Currently work for a fixed wing air ambulance, but also trained in wilderness and military medicine.
I also have a major interest in the history of critical care, trauma surgery, EMS and military medicine so I have a rather unusual hobby which is medical history reenacting (specifically WWII).
Standard EMS, but I've previously worked in non-overseas remote medical, setting up and running temporary medical units and providing non-emergency and emergency care.
Used to really love it, had some unfortunate administration changes, now it's just a job.
Still keep my hand in it, youngest daughter starts EMT basic this Wednesday, hope to be able to attend and help with that, may help with some of the depression.
I'm doing CCT-Lite right now part time - vent runs and other ALS level IFT work, as well as occasional events. I also am involved with the Boy Scouts of America, and do Remote and Event medicine for them. And I do 911 EMS volunteer BLS/ Paid ALS.
As the training entry to the left states I am currently just your run of the mill Firefighter/ EMT-CC. Going off to Ft. Knox in May though for phase 2 and phase 3 of 68W. That is if my counties D.O.H ever gets back to the National Registry so I can test out of the first phase. This school is coming at just the right time as they have in the past. My civilian job is getting ridiculous everyone is demoralized and the environment is downright unhealthy there. Previous transition/MOS school to 15U came when I was separated from my wife followed shortly thereafter by a deployment to the sandbox. If I stayed home I definitely would have gotten divorced. This might make me one of the few people out there who believe the Army saved their marriage.:wacko:
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Former EMT-Ambulance, USAF Fire Protection Spec/Crash Rescueman, short-timer at ER and Doc-in-the-box RN, Disaster Prep/Mobility Officer in Guard (RN), and forensic nurse (jail) providing primary and emergecy care.
Let me see: Athletic Trainer and Paramedic. One required a Bachelor's Degree... the other didn't. Did 7 years each. One paid better than the other. Two or three classes different and I'd have been an Exercise Physiologist.
In terms of EMS, I'd be a specialist in Athletic Injury Care, treatment, and transport. I'm the guy you want on the sideline... too bad they don't allow me to combine the two.