Emergency medical Technitions (EMT’s) provide and care for people through hard and unbearable circumstances, getting past the blood and guts to find the real life threatening problem is what they do. On an ambulance or in the fire service, having one’s EMT license opens doors to many different jobs. No matter where the job is there will be patient’s for EMT’s to treat in one way or another. An EMT license opens the door to many basic level jobs, knowing assessments well and strategies of treatment is what will get you a foot through the door.
Every call is a different scene with no call being the same as the next, it is a case by case job. Caring patients can injure can harm someone very easily or if there is a mentally usable patient they can harm the EMS provider. EMS is a “pre-hospital or out-of-hospital care”(Emergency Care). EMS has a wide variety of jobs, learning the basis skills is just the beginning. EMT’s are a big part of the medical field and it’s a huge field of opportunity for careers that are constantly growing and always in need. Some of the many careers of this include: Coastguard, military, fire department, hospitals, ambulance, police departments, clinics, nursing homes and correction facilities. “Most EMTs and paramedics work full time. They are likely to do shift work that includes weekends, nights and holidays and even 24-hour shift schedules.
Sometimes EMTs must climb icy or muddy embankments or wade in water to reach victims whose vehicles have gone off the road. Although accident calls are frequent and require great skill, the majority of calls are medical emergencies not trauma-such as diabetic comas, seizures, and heart and breathing problems. “EMTs and paramedics experience a much larger than average number of work-related injuries or illnesses”(explore health careers). Also the job outlook “According the Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment for EMTs and paramedics is expected to grow 23 percent from 2012 to 2022, much faster than most other careers”(explore health careers). The average salary for emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics is $31,020″(explore health careers). “Average EMT salaries for California are 7% higher than the average EMT salaries for the job postings nationwide”(Indeed). Also “Two major ambulance companies in Ukiah are Med Star (aka Ukiah Ambulance) and Vera Health.
This line of work bears a lot of stress and requires great patience and tolerance with people and all the different personalities you may have to deal with. In many places, EMTs provide the majority of out-of-hospital care. This job would satisfy me, I really enjoy to help people and the intense adrenalin rush within the job, no day is the same as the next. There are always new things to learn, not every one can expirence everything and know how to handle it.
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