How long do you have to go to school for EMT?
Becoming an emergency medical technician (EMT) or paramedic typically takes one to three years, depending on your career goals and educational path. EMT training focuses on life support techniques for first-response situations, including CPR, tourniquet application, and wound treatment.
Is it hard to become an EMT?
Overall it isn’t that difficult. The classes are about 140 hours long. Now if you want to go on to be a paramedic that is much harder but it is also a lot longer so there is time to prepare and study. But it is also a degree in some states that requires lots of prerequisites.
Why does EMT pay so low?
There are other reasons EMS pay is so low. Certification is minimal — it only takes 120 to 150 hours of training to become an EMT (paramedics require significantly more). Ambulances in rural communities are often staffed by volunteers, which depresses wages for those who do pursue the role as a career.
Why are paramedics jerks?
Paramedics get kinda pissy because generally the ambulance runs way more calls, does much more work, has more liability, has to have a lot more medical knowledge, and has to work for very little pay.
Do doctors respect paramedics?
We respect them. I’ve heard of paramedics being treated poorly by ED docs, but those paramedics probably give others crap too. In my experience I’ve never witnessed anything but love from docs to paramedics, and I’ve never heard anyone say something bad about them.
Do paramedics do surgery?
Some paramedics actually perform surgical procedures as part of their job. Surgical cricothyroidotomies, chest tubes, central catheters, postmortem cesarean sections and field amputations are only some of the surgical skills that many paramedics in the United States are authorized to perform.
What do doctors think about paramedics?
Overall paramedics are looked at favorably by most doctors especially cardiologists and ED docs. There is a huge difference between paramedics and EMTs. EMT’s can’t do much so the doctors have to move quickly once the patient reached the ED.