How much do you spend on CE?

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Just curious how much, on average you have spent on CE in one cert cycle.
 
Nothing. My service pays for all of it, including any class that I want to take.
 
Nothing. Company offers 300+ online hours and a lot of classroom hours. Some of the classes we get paid while we are taking them and others we don't.
 
Potentially, it could be nothing. However given a "unique" work situation that places me 2000 miles from the job with free CE and refreshers for 8 months out of the year, I've spent 150 in the last cycle.
 
Classes are free, we get paid for anything mandatory, then usually try to pick up a shift right after so we hit double time ;-)
 
Not going to waste my time or money. Going to pay $150 for the class with skills and such.
 
nothing, my company pays for all CE including ACLS, PALS, and PHTLS. in addition to 48 hours of CE pay, and the cost of my license.
 
A few thousand dollars a year, but that was because I used my college courses for my CEs.
 
JPINFV said:
A few thousand dollars a year, but that was because I used my college courses for my CEs.
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Ten's of thousands a year you mean. ;)

Ouch.

It does feel good when you get your FAFSA reminder email and you delete it unread though.
 
Veneficus said:
Ten's of thousands a year you mean. ;)

Ouch.

It does feel good when you get your FAFSA reminder email and you delete it unread though.
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Well, undergrad was a state school, but grad school was expensive. However I just let my EMT certs lapse when I went into med school.
 
my service pays for nothing... i'm going close to 1300 this year alone including hotel stays...

all my service covers is their CPR, ACLS, and PALS that they teach, but the lectures are biased and has very little take home value
 
JPINFV said:
Well, undergrad was a state school, but grad school was expensive. However I just let my EMT certs lapse when I went into med school.
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That is unfortunate, in my home state I just send them a list of my classes, the hours involved, and they renew it for nothing.

Instructor cert too.

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I have to fill out a form that says I am not a terrorist or knowingly support terrorism also.
 
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Well, the problem was that I needed to renew my CPR card, and I had a choice between renewing my CPR card on my own dime, or waiting 4 months and taking the course for free at my school.
 
JPINFV said:
Well, the problem was that I needed to renew my CPR card, and I had a choice between renewing my CPR card on my own dime, or waiting 4 months and taking the course for free at my school.
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That really sucks.

You need better connections at school
 
I had to pay for ACLS and PALS last year, figure $300 or so total. This year, I'll probably be out of pocket for ITLS/PHTLS, and on top of that, I'm paying for half of EMSToday this year, instead of a free ride.
 
Having left EMS it costs about $200 a year.
 
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