My apps been approved and confirmed. I start EMT-Basic education at Genesys May 22nd! Life is frigg'n good! :YEAH

 

Congrats my friend I finished my EMT 4 months ago and my EKG/IV 3 months ago and now I pull part time in the ER, part time with private ambulance.

 

Thanks, I'm gonna be working pretty much full time with a Fire and Rescue company. :YEAH

You can do IV's as a basic? I thought only paramedics could give IV's?

 

congrats on finally getting a job.. to bad you waited thirty years!

 

Its not a job yet... just more training... but the possibility of a job is astounding!

 

ahh damn possibility of a job and a new bike.. our little lucky is growing up... next he will tell us he got laid!

 

In CO, EMT-Bs can do IVs. It requires an 70 hr class and as many ER clinicals it takes you to get 50 patient sticks. I had to take two clinicals but I got 92 sticks in those two days. The worst ones were the 92 yr old lady and the 3 yr old boy

 

Damn, here in michigan, not even EMT-I's can give IV's. Only medics.

 

Its not a job...its an excuse not to ride!!!!

 

holy **** that sucks. We had to practice on each other in class for 3 weeks before we went on our hospital clinicals. Everyone looked like they were heroin addicts from all the tracks, and eventhough Ive got huge *** veins, this dumb yatch managed to blow mine out twice. Last time she ever touches me.

 

OUCH! At least that's something to look forward too next year

Michigan's got some funky EMS laws. First Responder's and EMT-B's are the same thing. EMT-I/Specialist don't do much more, they just get a bigger headache. And Paramedic does ALL the cool stuff.

And legal DNR's don't mean squat in michigan anymore. A close relative can overturn it on the spot if they want, no court order required.

 

Man DNR's are holy document around here, a photocopy doesnt even count. The original or we're workin. EMT-I really died off around here only like one place really even offers the cert. EMT-B's have a pretty damn big scope of practice around here and now CO has EMT-P/CC (critical care paramedic) who are almost nurse level in the street

 

so lucky when are you all done with training?

 

First Responder: about a month and a half left

EMT-B: about 7 months

EMT-Paramedic: about 2 1/2 years.

 

and how much does that pay?

 

Paramedics are paid, on average, around $30 grand a year. Not sure of michigan though.

 

Our first responder course is about the same, but my EMT-B with I.V. and EKG certs only took 5 mo. The paramedic programs around here are 6 mo and 10 mo. programs. 2 1/2 yrs for paramedic!?! damn!

 

I wrote that down a bit wrong there. EMT-B is 7 months long but Paramedic is 14 months long. It'll be about 2 1/2 years till i'm complety done with training. Michigan really wants their medics trained good!

There is an 18 month program I'm looking into, about 556 classroom hours and 350 clinical hours, but it's a 3 hour comute.

 

you cant even apply to paramedic school until you have beeen working for at least 1 yr as an EMT-B and then schools still like $12,000

 

12 grand? DAMN! It's only $3,500 for a 14 month course at genesys.