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Medstar What I have heard from my time riding with Medstar is they only hire crews from within or a personal reference from a current employee. Don't know how true this is, but I heard it from four different Medstar employees.

Did any paramedic here go to Tarrant College College?

Tips Get a study group together early on. Having other students quiz you on different topics will make a huge difference on how you do in class. Don't schedule your clinicals the day before class(24 hour). You will be too tired on class day. I mean don't schedule a clinical from 7pm til 7am...

Degree or not JB, thanks for your input. That is way I have been thinking. I am an older guy(53) retired, and getting back into EMS. Worked my way through college as an EMT. The degree won't necessarily help right now, but later it might. Who knows, buy with only 4 extra classes and also will...

Hospital or degree In Texas there is a licensed paramedic or certified paramedic. Right now there is no advantage to getting the license. Not to say in the future there won't be though. I guess the advantage would be is you old have an AAS as opposed to not having one. The licensed paramedic...

I am in a quandary. If I go to a college based paramedic program in Fort Worth, I will end up with an AAS degree if I take 4 extra classes. Also the ambulance clinicals are taken during the semester. Dallas Methodists program has a better option for the clinicals. If you want extra, they are...

I just looked it up on the Texas DSHS website. Thanks for the reply

Tarrant County College We were required to get 24 hours in ED and 48 on ambulance. I got quite a bit more since I signed up for extra.

I have a question, my NREMT expires in 2 years but my Texas certification expires in 4 years. Do I have to maintain my NREMT for the 2 years and then CEU for both? Do I even have to maintain my NREMT?

UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas offers a 6 month Paramedic course for about $6K