what other careers did EMS expose you to?

[griffithsgriffin]

Ideally, what career do you either have now or worked in that was exposed to you when you worked as an EMT/Paramedic? No doubt RN's and PA's will be high on this list. Any others? Just curious.

 

[NomadicMedic]

Taxi driver, piano mover, Sherpa.

 

[griffithsgriffin]

piano mover? Wow, sounds almost as bad as transferring bariatric patients!

I suppose I may be asking this question for a specific reason. I'm sort of at a crossroads: continue to paramedic school, or enroll in respiratory therapy school where I can make more money and work in a hospital. Schooling would be a little longer for the latter, however.

thoughts? advice?

 

[mycrofft]

Nursing.

 

[Nelg]

It's renewed my intrest in Security/Law Enforcement, if mostly because I work in a casino and I've gotten burnt out with rejection letters for fire departments and seizure paitents.

 

[DrankTheKoolaid]

Teaching

 

[mycrofft]

If you count our patients…Chronic Alcoholic; "Player"; Math Professor who doesn't wear helmets on mopeds; Real Estate Developer; Home Handyman; Armed Bandit; I could go on, and on, and on…...

 

[griffithsgriffin]

Anyone here go EMS-->LPN/LVN-->RN??

 

[unleashedfury]

Anyone here go EMS-->LPN/LVN-->RN??

I've known EMTs to take that route,, But its like a sidestep IMO. Why not just go straight for your RN. rather than go to LPN school. Get a job and go to RN school.

For a Paramedic it would be a step down, as LPNS cannot administer medications via the IV route. LPNS are becoming more and more scarce as the hospitals phase them out for RN's and Aides. Mostly used in clinics, SNF's and home health care.

As for the OP, believe it or not, Medical Billing and Coding. I'm not going to be young forever so moving to an office position could be beneficial when I'm old as hell and can't get around. Cause god knows by the time I'd be elgible to retire. The mandatory age might be 90..

 

[Wheel]

It's renewed my intrest in Security/Law Enforcement, if mostly because I work in a casino and I've gotten burnt out with rejection letters for fire departments and seizure paitents.

You know it's bad when you're getting rejection letters from seizure patients.

In all seriousness though, and I know you've heard this often, get out of California (if an EMS job is important to you.)

 

[mycrofft]

I've known EMTs to take that route,, But its like a sidestep IMO. Why not just go straight for your RN. rather than go to LPN school. Get a job and go to RN school.

For a Paramedic it would be a step down, as LPNS cannot administer medications via the IV route. LPNS are becoming more and more scarce as the hospitals phase them out for RN's and Aides. Mostly used in clinics, SNF's and home health care.

As for the OP, believe it or not, Medical Billing and Coding. I'm not going to be young forever so moving to an office position could be beneficial when I'm old as hell and can't get around. Cause god knows by the time I'd be elgible to retire. The mandatory age might be 90..

Again, Unleashed has it .

Nursing isn't a stair step deal, just as EMT really isn't a step to Paramedic unless you are testing the water.

Besides coding etc, how about case management and managerial stuff?

(I dropped wanting to "grow up to be a paramedic" at age 27 when it was apparent I couldn't swing from vines forever and one needs a lifelong profession or career, no?).

 

[griffithsgriffin]

Case management?? Please, tell more

 

[Nelg]

You know it's bad when you're getting rejection letters from seizure patients.

In all seriousness though, and I know you've heard this often, get out of California (if an EMS job is important to you.)

Ahh crap, I did write that. I usually check this at work... at 0400... SO who knows what I ment to say.

And I agree. I moved out here for the misses. Miss the South sometimes.