How hard is the training to be a paramedic and how can you get into a paramedic school and how long do you speend in the training? sorry if it dosen't make since!
2007-03-26 15:59:01 · 4 answers · asked by YETI 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
techinally no such thing as paramedic school. Its offered at most techinal colleges and it takes a year or so to complete. Pretty intense training for it strong stomach required.
2007-03-26 16:03:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the United States, it takes about a year (for the certificate) and two years (for the associate's degree). It's best to go for the associate's degree, since the field is moving towards making an associate's degree the minimum requirement. Many community and technical colleges offer the courses, and the minimum entry requirements vary from state to state. Generally, you must be at leat 19 years old, and have a current EMT-Basic certification (only takes about a semester for EMT-B certification) and a high school diploma.
The training is fairly intensive, and you have to complete a few hundred hours of clinical rotations at local hospitals in addition to coursework. At the end of the training, you will be required to complete an internship with a local ambulance company (usually last for a couple of months).
I'd make sure that this is what you want to do before you embark on the training. It wouldn't hurt to obtain your Basic certification, then volunteer or work as a EMT for a few months, just to make sure that this is what you want to do.
2007-03-27 19:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by rita_alabama 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nicely...are you an EMT already? because of the fact in case you're actually not you ought to grow to be qualified as an EMT previously you may grow to be a paramedic. EMT is rather common. You learn common first help (splinting, bleeding administration, common airway administration, common cardiac existence help), anatomy, the thank you to paintings in an EMS device, making radio comments, and giving comments as quickly as you arrive on the well being midsection. In paramedic preparation you learn stepped forward scientific skills which is composed of, yet not constrained to IVs, drug scientific care, intubation, stepped forward cardiac existence help, common trauma existence help, pediatrics, pharmacology, pathophysiology/anatomy, stepped forward scientific existence help, and cardiology. EMT is approximately one month, and paramedic takes a a million-2 years (based of finished/area time training.) then you definitely ought to bypass the tests for the two EMT and paramedic previously being qualified. To paintings as an EMT or paramedic you like a drivers license and you ought to be state qualified/authorized. some centers require you to take an agility/actual well being try. There of direction would be history checks, and drug screening.
2016-10-20 00:33:19 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what country your are in
in australia your have to apply through st johns, and then its 4 years of university as well as practical training.
the job itself is quite difficult to deal with somtimes, i done it for 3 years after training and just couldnt handle, the shift work and some of the scenes you come across are quite disturbing.
just think about it long and hard before jumping in and perhaps do some volenteering.
all that aside it is a very rewarding career path, good luck deciding
2007-03-26 16:06:47 · answer #4 · answered by matt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋