AEMT before PA school

[pacjeffery]

I am taking an EMT course this Fall. I was told that when I finish in December I can be a Tech in the ED. I thought I needed to be an AEMT for that. My goal was to work as a Tech until PA school. Is there any advantage to becoming an AEMT?

Currently I reside in Las Vegas, NV. PA school will take me to Washington state or Virginia. I welcome all your comments and advice.

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[Dynamo24]

Usually a CNA or EMT-B can work as a tech. I just interviewed for a tech job and phlebotomy is in the scope. It may depend on the state/hospital and their protocol.

 

[deleted6669]

Usually a CNA or EMT-B can work as a tech. I just interviewed for a tech job and phlebotomy is in the scope. It may depend on the state/hospital and their protocol.

yup. we have techs who are emt-b, cna, medical asst., and lpn.
they all have been trained to draw blood, give IM injections, do neb tx, assist with codes,etc

 

[sarjasy]

yup. we have techs who are emt-b, cna, medical asst., and lpn.
they all have been trained to draw blood, give IM injections, do neb tx, assist with codes,etc

Your EMT-B's, CNA's, MA's all give IM meds and do neb treatments? Are there limits/guidelines?

 

[deleted6669]

Your EMT-B's, CNA's, MA's all give IM meds and do neb treatments? Are there limits/guidelines?

The emt's and cna's only give tetanus vaccinations.
the medical assts do td, toradol, and abx IM.
The LPN's can do anything IM and anything IV accept blood or acls drugs.
everyone does neb txs.

 

[Dynamo24]

The emt's and cna's only give tetanus vaccinations.
the medical assts do td, toradol, and abx IM.
The LPN's can do anything IM and anything IV accept blood or acls drugs.
everyone does neb txs.

Still pretty expanded for an EMT-B to give IM. What state are you in?

 

[deleted6669]

Still pretty expanded for an EMT-B to give IM. What state are you in?

I have seen this in ca/or/wa. they are trained in house for everything beyond their original scope.
when I was an er tech in the 80's as an emt-b I started IV's through a similar in house training program.

 

[Dynamo24]

I have seen this in ca/or/wa. they are trained in house for everything beyond their original scope.
when I was an er tech in the 80's as an emt-b I started IV's through a similar in house training program.

Nice, I think the tech's at the university hospital here in NE can start IV loc, I don't think they can start a saline drip though. But I want to say that is the only one in state I can think of. A lot of the other major hospital systems have paramedics staffed (Not hospital based EMS) which have a pretty solid scope.