EMT should be enough depending on what you do! Paramedics are not the only ones who are crazy stuff... I've worked private and 911 EMS in rural and urban areas and sure, some of it is stupid, but I've also seen some crazy stuff that I would have never seen as a CNA. And paramedics aren't always around, and any ambulance can be sent on any call... I was first on for a birth and very serious GSW in January alone, and I only have my EMT, so I can't share Goro's perception that my job is predominantly that of a glorified taxi driver in my private EMS job. Most of the adcoms have been very interested in the work. Even if you are just doing transfers, you're still doing the vitals, you're still in constant patient contact, you're reading doctors and nurses notes and interacting with them literally every day. I think it's been great clinical exposure for me and has certainly formed me into more of a leader.