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911paramedic: have you considered (or already have) your wilderness certs?

No, but I have been to many classes on it. It is pretty interesting stuff, it goes so far as to stitching an unconscious persons tongue to their shirt as an airway. It sounds pretty far out there, but you have to do what you have to do. I can splint or support anything using only clothing and/or twigs and branches. I learned most of that through SAR seminars.
 
just curious but what do you mean by Medic School? University medical school?

I always thought it takes two years to gain Paramedic status?



 
first responder, then EMT-B (basic), then 2 years working in a 911 system as an EMT, then you should be able to go to medic school. Medic school is just my way of saying it, it is a "paramedic school or course" that you do. After you finish your classroom work, and pass, you do a clinical rotation in a hospital ER. You do a minimum of 5 intubations in surgery (that is the tube inserted into the trachea for ventilation). If you pass that you go on to your field internship. It is something like 480 hours, or 40 twelve hour shifts. You get evaluated after every shift and a major after every ten shifts. You are expected to know everything by the time you reach your field internship and you will be tested on it constantly. I am a preceptor so I know what you should expect, at least if you were on my rig. It is meant to teach you your skills and make you comfortable with them. Many students take it hard when they can't run a call the right way and their preceptor has to jump in and take over, but it happens to everybody.

After you finish all that you take the state test for your license, take the test for your specific county, and get hired.

These are our protocols. You should look at them to see what a paramedic is expected to know. That will explain why it takes so long to become a medic, but it's great work once you get there.
 
I take it BLS and ALS are basic and advanced life support, respectively. I'm thinking of becoming either a firefighter, medic, or even a firemedic. What would you need to do to become a paramedic, or at least to start out? First responder...emt-b...i'm kinda lost 😕
 
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