Search results

Thanks so much for the feedback and advice, everybody!

Nice. Definitely looking into both (I'd thought Pro was ALS only, but I checked again and I guess that's only in some areas). Thank you so much!

Yeah, I think you're right—everybody seems to be pointing me in that direction, and I could probably make it work with my current job. It's hard to accept the physical limitations that come with my condition, but it does seem like full-time shift work would just be too costly/risky. (And my...

Ain't that the truth about $12 an hour! ;) Thanks, Chewy. I knew about Cataldo, but I hadn't looked into Brewster yet, so I'll do that.

Fair point—I don't know how much leeway I have with my current (non-EMS) employer, but I could always check out my options for doing it as a side job with one of the privates instead of throwing myself into something full-time (or trying to scrape together the equivalent set of hours...).

Thanks for replying—when I was working, it was actually per diem for a township in NJ. In Boston I think it would have to be a private company, though, since I hear it's crazy competitive to get hired by the city.

Hi all, I'm new here, and through college I worked part-time as an EMT-Basic for a little over four years. I went on to other things for another five years after that, and while I've continued to volunteer here and there in and out of hospital settings, it's only recently that I've considered...