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Okay so just found out today the salary range in my area for EMT-P...Wow, I'm pretty sure the housekeepers at my workplace clear that. The plus is that in a 7 day week the EMTs/Medics work 24x3. So I suppose the overtime makes up for the first 40 hours. With that in mind, how family friendly...

Internships were sparse? Is that a separate from clinical hours? Also I keep seeing holidays and weekends being an issue. Do most departments not have rotating annual holidays? i.e. Off Christmas Eve, Work Christmas Day 2015, work Christmas Eve 2016, off Christmas day 2016?

Its nice to hear some positivity come from of the users here, I appreciate that centralcalEMT. I've already started moving towards becoming an EMT. Classes start in August, and I've already started to volunteer for a rescue squad which is nice. I've printed out a skill list from my state of...

The 168 hour 7 day on, 7 off. Salaried or do you get overtime for that? Thats a lot of money in overtime if so. I started checking into BS in EMS degrees and there is an online one in my state which is nice. I think that EMS degrees are only good for going to PA/MD or Emergency...

72 hours a week? I thought that most departments ran 24 hr x 2? Or 12 x 3 or 4 Unless someone calls out. What sort of hours are paramedics required to work? I'd like some overtime, but not enough to burn myself out with. I see a lot of paramedics go into nursing as a second career option but...

Saw this "if I knew then what I know now..." from earlier and thought I'd start another one. What are some tips and advice you could give people to help make a career out of EMS, and what things to avoid doing? I seem to see that back problems ends a lot of peoples careers, what are some of...

So you make enough in earnings to support yourself? At least 25,000k-30,000k between those contract jobs?

Looking into EMS as a career path. I've heard that EMT-B is slim to none finding a job and that most just end up working as CNAs to get experience and volunteering at a rescue squad. Here's my plan so far, let me know if this plan is decent or not. Start EMT-B classes in fall->Volunteer at...