And, man, am I good at looking crap up!
You and me, both. FWIW, Paramedics get twice that around here.
Absolutely, I would have to.
So I should maybe find the course that takes the longest to get through? I’d be soaking up the same information in a longer time-span. Does it work that way?
Indianapolisser.
(IANAD) We love you guys in our ER, and we appreciate how you can intubate and get a line in in the back of a rock’n rollin’ truck!
Our EMT’s here in Dallas have been known to even come and put in an INT when our ER nurses can’t, and that isn’t even their job!
Yeah, it sucks that y’all don’t get paid what you’re worth and many of you supplement your incomes by being firefighters.
Y’all truly are a compact version of a Green Beret medical team packed into one person.
You are indispensible and we love you even though we hate to see you comin’!
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Well, you could do that.
Although, I can’t imagine that there are that many paramedic schools in the Indianapolis area, let alone one that is part-time. Most paramedic schools are full-time, meaning you have class everyday, Monday through Friday. Some are also on a 4/10 schedule with one day out of the week off.
What’s more, even if you find a school that only meets say, twice a week, if you have bad study habits, you probably won’t study during your time between classes, and you’ll wait until the night before class to cram it all in. Which, I think, defeats the purpose of prolonging your education.
What you may want to do is take baby steps towards your goal of paramedic school. That is, maybe take an ECG class before or take an anatomy & physiology class. I’m sure both are offered at your local community college. Reading and interpreting ECGs is a big part of paramedic school, as well as a thorough understanding of anatomy & physiology. And although both are taught in school, it comes at a fast pace, and easy to misunderstand if you’ve never been exposed to it before.
In addition, taking those classes may even make you want to change your mind about going to paramedic school. I’m sure you already know paramedic school is expensive, and by getting a taste of what’s to come, you may think, “hey, maybe this is not for me.” Or, conversely, if you don’t mind it, when you ultimately do go to paramedic school, you’ll at least have an upper hand, and won’t have to study as hard as someone who’s never been exposed to those subjects.
I can’t swear to what Indiana does; NC teaches EMT classes through the community college system. You can find full time, part time/night, and even online classes with great regularity. If you’re a member of a fire department or rescue squad, you only pay registration fees and books.
IUPUI has EMT-B classes, I know because my son looked into taking it there. Maybe they do paramedic, too.
Does your company do 911, inter-facility, or both?
I don’t know how many “that many” is, but there certainly seems to be a lot! Nearly every hospital group has a program, plus the local community college, and some of the real colleges!
We have one station that does 911 for a couple of smaller towns. Other than that, we’re inter-facility.
That’s me!
Sounds like you should have a pretty good idea of what you’re getting yourself into… 911 and transfers are obviously pretty different. The biggest thing is going to be: do you think you’ll like it? Like being an EMT, you’ve got to love it. There’s a lot more responsibility than being an EMT, though.