Recent content by infmascot

Thank you guys all so much for the advice. I'll be starting my course in less than two weeks. If I enjoy it and handle everything well I might try to go ahead and start a course to become a paramedic afterwards like you recommended Christopher. Right now I'm very excited about starting the...

I'll ask them about that. I know it would be a lot better if I could go ahead and get my BA/BS. The extra courses would be good too. The only thing I'm not sure about is going straight to Paramedic. Besides the inevitable haters, I do think I should get some more experience before I continue...

Thank you both for the information. I'm going to have to wait till tomorrow to go to the college now which actually worked out since you guys gave me more specific questions to ask. I think I can meet all of those requirements! I don't really know of a specific question to ask about EMS in...

I realize an EMT is more of a job, thanks for pointing that out though. My thought process is basically that I can get some experience as an EMT without a huge time investment, and if I'm decent at it and enjoy it I could look into becoming a paramedic as a career like you said. I just...

I've been researching a career in EMS for awhile now, and I think I'd do well as an EMT. I'm going to give it a shot and try to become an EMT-B, see how I do and go from there. So I talked to my local community college and they're doing an EMT initial course in a couple of weeks. Tomorrow...