Monthly Archives: February, 2010
Paramedic Jobs Prep and Career Expectations
What kind of paramedic jobs (Click here) are students preparing for and what do they expect from their future careers?
EMS Magazine recently released an extension of its 2008 “Sowing the SEEDS” study conducted by the Loyola University Medical Center. The original study surveyed a large number of EMT-Basic students to investigate their backgrounds and career [...]
EMS Jobs Prepare for Disaster
One new program is helping those with EMS jobs prepare for disaster.
The Hazard Assessment and Response Management course at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala., is offering hands-on training that provides mental and physical challenges to emergency responders.
The HARM course provides emergency responders with a realistic operational WMD environment where students operate within [...]
EMT Jobs in the Top 10 Cities
Where is the best place to find EMT jobs?
That’s a hard question to answer, and one that isn’t highly studied or documented. That’s not for lack of the popularity of the job, as many people work as EMTs and the sector is expected to continue growing. It’s more likely that the majority of EMTs don’t [...]
Paramedic Jobs Go to the Dogs
Some paramedic jobs are literally going to the dogs.
A new program in Ottawa, Canada, is training a group of paramedics how to use their skills to treat injured police dogs. Not only are police dogs extremely useful, they also are estimated to account for an investment of more than $100,000, so officials in the city [...]