Anyone work as an EMT?

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01-06-2009 | 12:24 AM

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iam7head

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Originally Posted by thefin' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:34 PM

I am in a 2 month course, and I already know they get paid measley so and so dollars. I am also a real estate appraiser, I am doing this to supplement that work.

Thanks for the advice though.

you gotta do what you gotta do, i know exactly what you mean

i used to do home finance with chase manhattan and wow...you wouldn't believe what we were making couple year back...esp compare to what's happening now

10-13 sounds like the general rate for fresh EMT around LA, depends on the company and shift, etc.

good luck, at least you are helping people

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01-06-2009 | 12:37 AM

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thefin

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Yeah ER EMT's do make more, what exactly do you do in the ER. If its general errand boy, than I'd rather be stuck in a rig.

I'm picking up my book today so I'll at least be ahead in the reading.

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01-06-2009 | 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by s2kologist' date='Jan 5 2009, 10:59 PM

6 years at care ambulance. now iam a lvn

Ok, this is a much better reason to leave than Huy saying you quit

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01-06-2009 | 10:28 AM

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Nurses make bank too. I am dating a 28 year old nurse that works 3 days a week in the NICU and pulls down $85,000. Not bad for a 36 hour work week.

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01-06-2009 | 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by skizzo82' date='Jan 5 2009, 11:22 PM

go army medic.. wooo best experience.. plus you get to do more shit..

amen to that! 91/68w for 6 years... best job in the army

anyhow, the er i work in we do just about everything the nurses do excep start i.v.s and give meds. we do all the ekgs, wound care, assist the doctors with proceedures, splinting, cleaning patients when they are soiled (worst part of the job) and stuff like that. we are also part of the trauma/code blue team. each hospital has different SOPs for emts. some let you do more than others. anyhow good luck-

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01-07-2009 | 12:23 PM

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in the ER you will use more stuff that you learn in class than the rig. In the rig you are limited to what you can do and in OC the only thing you can give to a patient is basically O2

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01-07-2009 | 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by iam7head' date='Jan 5 2009, 07:18 PM

one of my classmate is a EMT now, he was a lifeguard before.

i read thru half of the EMT manual and promptly vomitted.

make sure you know how much they pay before starting anything at a JC/CC, last time i check it's not that much for the amount of work.

my other female friend just finish her nursing degree in CSULB and she's making about 3 times as much as a regular EMT right off the bat, but that's a four year+ nursing program with a bunch of school "Stuff"

good luck

my gf took EMT class, but never actually worked as one.

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01-07-2009 | 05:55 PM

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From: WhereTheGaynessWillMakeYouDizy

I have a cousin that was a EMT and made like $10 an hour he joined the fire dept now he is a "firemedic" and make pretty good change. Hope you have a strong stomach. Good Luck

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