Recent content by Joseph1991

I got a bill from Grady EMS (Atlanta, GA) for $2279 I had a seirzure and I did not ask for an ambulance to come but once they got to the MARTA bus Station, where I had the seizure, I asked them if it was going to be free, they said no so I refused to go with them but they said that they could...

Wow you are me 2 years ago and now im no where, 18 years old. I was in your situation almost exactly. I wanted to be an EMT for the same reason as you and i thought it was an interesting carrer. I talked to stations around Atlanta and they said I won't have a carrer in being an EMT or Paramedic...

If they are EMT-B why would they dispatch?

I was wondering if I have to go through any training to become a dispatcher or if it is even a good idea?

The whole point of what I want to do is go on calls as an EMT, not a nurse.

I would not mind having a non-driving position, Driving does not matter to me, that would be a bad idea guess, but doing everything that EMT's do on scene I don't see a problem with that.

Well I was diagnosed with epilepsy when I was 15, at 15 it was serious. Now it is under control and I am taking Lamictal and I feel as I don't even have epilepsy now that I have been on it for 2 years, at first I was taking Klonopin, but while I was on that I was having a seizure every other day...

Hello. Unfortunatly I have Epilepsy and I am 17 years old, 18 in June, and I have been rejected from the Navy and Army because of it in an interview, which is embarrassing. They told me that I will never have a career in the Emergency Medical Services because of my Epilespy, which was kind of a...