I want to be a paramedic?

Question

any current paramedics out there? if so, please give me a rundown of what a "typical" day would be like in the life of a paramedic.

Answer 1

I am A medic been one for 16 years it is a great job there is no typical day sometimes it is slow sometimes you get slammed with car wrecks an sick cases i work in a big city if you have a strong stomach an can deal with all the carnage that comes with it and you wanna help people then you will be ok you will never get rich doing it but it is a good livin but of course it is all about helping people.

Answer 2

You have to become an EMT first before you can become a medic.....It it really depends on if you  are a transfer or a 911 medic..........And what type of setting that you are a medic in.....

Answer 3

I was an EMT as part of a medic squad before I became an RN. So I've worked both ends of the spectrum.

In the country, typical cases you would see would be farming accidents, motor vehicle accidents, drunk drivers/boaters/bikers and the like, On some weekends, we hardly saw anything at all and sat around the HQ all day and cleaned the units. Some medic units are part of the whole firefighter thing, so you would be a firefighter/paramedic. Others are stand alone crews. Still others specialize in urban or wilderness search and rescue.

In the city, you get everything. It could be a day where you get psych patients, homeless people, stabbings, gunshot wounds, motor vehicle accidents, drug overdoses, structural fires, you name it (and it depends on the city. The dynamic in San Francisco would be completely different from that of say, Salt Lake City or Washington DC)

All paramedics need to be physically fit, able to keep a cool head in stressful situations (and it's not only the patients, sometimes the families are really hysterical) deal with blood, vomit, stool, and other bodily fluids. Be able to deal with visually horrific injuries in old and young. You need to be able to remember and index in your head treatments for trauma, drug overdose, hyper/hypothermia, burns, pregnancy, etc. You need an excellent knowledge of anatomy and physiology. There are hundreds of hours of training involved, not to mention the schooling leading up to entering a program.

If this doesn't make you want to run, find a good program, study hard and good luck!

Answer 4

No such thing as a typical day.  My brother was a paramedic during the Vietnam war.  Between having flaming helicopters crashing on top of him, being shot at, and having to bring out the bodies and body parts, he didn't have much to write home about.

Hopefully being a civilian paramedic would be a little less stressful.  

But good luck if you go into the field.  We need good paramedics.

Answer 5

dear!!

im from singapore and i wanted to be one 2!

and im 19 too!!

hmm.. for my country..i'll be required to,well sometimes, be stationed overseas..

the pay is d**n good..and im taking my degree now which will make me an officer..after my induction into this field..

hey good luck to you babe!

Answer 6

A typical day would be way different from the last. You can show up to car crashes, shoot outs, accidents, etc. They do a lot for one day and it's a very good profession to work in.

Answer 7

typical like a medic in a small town in Texas or a medic in Los Angeles ?  if you have doubts, then its probably not for ya.