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Thanks! Dubin's books is very interesting, thanks for that suggestion, too.

So...an advanced paramedic working like something close to a mid-level? Below NP or PA? What type or setting? This looks interesting.

Got signed up to start class June 9. Just gotta figure out the GI Bill now. Also got my copy of Dubin's. Thanks for the input, everyone.

Yes it's a hard course. Doing EMT-B in 6 weeks is not easy. There probably was a 50% failure rate at various points in that portion, but yeah, mostly they recycled and ended up passing. I think we lost about half of our initial students in my class, but those numbers were mostly made up with...

Wait...you can get "certified" in TC3 as a civilian? Who issues these certificates? Is there a central civilian certificate issuing authority? I teach this stuff all the time on the military side...didn't realize there might be money to be made teaching it on the civilian side...

68W here. Tried working at a EMT-B when I got back from medic school, but no way was it going to pay the bills. So started working at a hospital doing non-emergency transports until I could get in to the ER as a tech. Much better pay. Luno covered it pretty well, but I'll just add that if...

Ok, lemme add one more question...been looking on Amazon for prep material. Class starts in June, so I thought I'd take advantage of the time to brush up on some stuff. Definitely want to look at something for reading EKGs. Does anyone have any suggestions for specific books or other...

Luckily, schedule and money aren't an issue. I do two 12s a week at my current civilian job and the paramedic class is another 2 days a week. And the Army is going to pay for everything.

They said that because I already have my EMT-B, I could just do the straight paramedic course. They do offer the AEMT where you do EMT, test, and then move on to the AEMT portion, but I won't have to do any of that.

Thanks for the advice, everyone. That was kind of my thought, as well. Looking at the skill list, there isn't much from AEMT that I didn't already have through training or experience. FWIW, in Georgia, they do seem to run a lot of EMT/paramedic trucks, so jobs would have been there. I...

Kinda wrestling with this question, here's a brief background. I'm a EMT-B, which I got through the military. I'm currently a medic in the National Guard. Went through medic school in 2007 and have been working in the field, although not specifically as an EMT, since then. Started out...