Comments on: Me? A massage therapist? You must be joking. http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/ My thoughts, rants, and local discussion. In convenient blog form. Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:03:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Daniel http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/comment-page-1/#comment-4666 Daniel Thu, 12 Jul 2007 19:00:15 +0000 http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/#comment-4666 The pay for EMT-P is pathetic locally. A couple of years ago when I checked, the pay was about $12/hour. That was the highest I heard, and that was from guys with experience who had been at it for years. Funny how the guy responsible for saving your life and knowing quite a bit about drugs, doses, treatments, heart rhythms, etc. doesn't get paid very well. I guess that makes it on par with LPN then, even though a Medic can do the same as an RN in an ambulance. It's just mind-numbing to me. I did have my EMT-B class and 1/2 of the Intermediate classes, but my B license ran out. I didn't keep up with it since the Basic pay was less than what I was making at the time and I had no plans to practice. Maybe I'm just being Johnny Raincloud. The pay for EMT-P is pathetic locally. A couple of years ago when I checked, the pay was about $12/hour. That was the highest I heard, and that was from guys with experience who had been at it for years.

Funny how the guy responsible for saving your life and knowing quite a bit about drugs, doses, treatments, heart rhythms, etc. doesn’t get paid very well.

I guess that makes it on par with LPN then, even though a Medic can do the same as an RN in an ambulance. It’s just mind-numbing to me.

I did have my EMT-B class and 1/2 of the Intermediate classes, but my B license ran out. I didn’t keep up with it since the Basic pay was less than what I was making at the time and I had no plans to practice.

Maybe I’m just being Johnny Raincloud.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 Dave Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:44:57 +0000 http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/#comment-4665 Forgot to add that you may already partly qualify for the degree with your previous EMT courses, which would shorten the course work. Forgot to add that you may already partly qualify for the degree with your previous EMT courses, which would shorten the course work.

]]> By: Dave http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/comment-page-1/#comment-4664 Dave Thu, 12 Jul 2007 18:43:18 +0000 http://blog.danvoyles.us/2007/07/me-a-massage-therapist-you-must-be-joking/#comment-4664 Why not Emergency Medical - Paramedical Services? You already have some EMT training, and the AAS degree in Emergency Medical - Paramedical Services is 5 semesters at RLC. Are there no jobs for paramedical EMTs, or is the pay too low in Mt.V for this, or just lost interest in pursuing any further? I assume it would pay more than an LPN. Why not Emergency Medical – Paramedical Services? You already have some EMT training, and the AAS degree in Emergency Medical – Paramedical Services is 5 semesters at RLC.

Are there no jobs for paramedical EMTs, or is the pay too low in Mt.V for this, or just lost interest in pursuing any further? I assume it would pay more than an LPN.

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