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Would you suggest I take an EMT class or a CNA class to get some clinical experience?
For those of you who say EMT, how on earth do you have time in your college schedule to actually ride out with the emergency teams?
And is employment pretty decent for both certifications?
Employment is pretty easy for CNA's. You can find a job but it wont pay a ton (B/w 8-12 $/hr)
Algopiliac said:For those of you who say EMT, how on earth do you have time in your college schedule to actually ride out with the emergency teams?
I totally agree with Spartan above. Being a CNA makes you really appreciate the profession of some of those whom you will be working with. Plus, if you really can't handle the "dirty" work, do you really deserve to be a doctor? Think about it.
f your looking for experience in medicine, where you have the opportunity to have your own patients and have to make decisions/choices that affect people, then i would definitely go with getting your EMT cert
I know several students, including myself, that went to school full time and worked full time as either EMT-Basics/EMT-Intermediates or paramedics. If you find a station that works the 24 on 48 off routine, and your university allows you to schedual courses on M/W/F or T/Th, you can work your schedual around EMS work farily easy. Its rough having to work a 24 hour shift and then go to class the next day..but its an experience I wouldnt trade for anything...you definately learn time management and how to survive with very little sleep.
What exactly is required to become an EMT-Intermediate or a paramedic as opposed to just an EMT-Basic? How do the responsibilities and duties of each of those three differ?
Also, I'm just wondering...would an adcom also consider an EMT job more relevant and impressive than a CNA job? It's just that I lean more toward having a part-time job in college as opposed to a full-time job, and I don't know if a part-time job as an EMT is even possible?
I thought about it,
Since when does someone's ability to clean up vomit correlate with their ability to diagnose and treat disease? A CNA is a vital part of the health care team, but not a mandatory pre-requisite to be a physician. The idea that a CNA is more "deserving" of being a doctor than any other applicants irritates me.
My advice, You'll probably have more fun as an EMT.
Hey guys, on another little tangent here, I have a quick question regarding the whole EMT topic. Im a freshman just starting undergraduate, I'm taking 16 units right now. What do you guys think is the best time to get my EMT cert and even if i do, when will I have the time to actually ride out with the crews? Can you just do it in summer and then when school starts go back to school and alternate? Thanks in advance.
Algophiliac said:What exactly is required to become an EMT-Intermediate or a paramedic as opposed to just an EMT-Basic? How do the responsibilities and duties of each of those three differ?
Algophiliac said:Also, I'm just wondering...would an adcom also consider an EMT job more relevant and impressive than a CNA job? It's just that I lean more toward having a part-time job in college as opposed to a full-time job, and I don't know if a part-time job as an EMT is even possible?
I thought about it,
Since when does someone's ability to clean up vomit correlate with their ability to diagnose and treat disease? A CNA is a vital part of the health care team, but not a mandatory pre-requisite to be a physician. The idea that a CNA is more "deserving" of being a doctor than any other applicants irritates me.
My advice, You'll probably have more fun as an EMT.