legion1202
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I`m 30 years old getting ready to get my first job in ems.. Sometimes I see kids in still in there teens going through school and I wonder am I to old to do this for the next 20-25yrs. I run every day and I feel fine but i know in 5-10 years its gonna catch up to me.
So here is my questions how old were you when you started in EMS. Or Fire?
i`m going to be 30yrs old making 14-17 bucks an hr on paper this looks very hard to support 2 kids and a wife (although she makes good money). What do you older people do to make extra income. I`m looking into get my instructor lices to teach pals, acls, bls. I also want to get into nursing school if I cant get into a private or civic ems job that has retirement plans. I found two lives while going to medic school. 1. how much I enjoy the medical stuff and 2. Teaching it. My medic instructor had us teach EMT's in lab to better our selves and I really enjoyed it. I`m going from making 60k a year doing computer work to 30 something do something I think I will always love. I just hope its a good idea.. Anyone else ever get that feeling?
Thanks for the vent guys..
So here is my questions how old were you when you started in EMS. Or Fire?
i`m going to be 30yrs old making 14-17 bucks an hr on paper this looks very hard to support 2 kids and a wife (although she makes good money). What do you older people do to make extra income. I`m looking into get my instructor lices to teach pals, acls, bls. I also want to get into nursing school if I cant get into a private or civic ems job that has retirement plans. I found two lives while going to medic school. 1. how much I enjoy the medical stuff and 2. Teaching it. My medic instructor had us teach EMT's in lab to better our selves and I really enjoyed it. I`m going from making 60k a year doing computer work to 30 something do something I think I will always love. I just hope its a good idea.. Anyone else ever get that feeling?
Thanks for the vent guys..