I became a firefighter when I moved back to Schodack from Binghamton, in 1986. My dad had joined the firehouse two years earlier, and I figured it would be a good idea for me to join, too. Plus they had free beer on meeting nights.
I went for my EMT when I got done with grad school. I had been an Red Cross Advanced First Aid-er before, and it wasn't much of a change to go from AFA to the EMT. It just added better airway management and oxygen, a couple of immobilization devices, and the ambulance time. I joined the ambulance because I realized I needed more than riding with the fire department to keep my skills up.
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Date: 2009-12-16 02:35 pm (UTC)I went for my EMT when I got done with grad school. I had been an Red Cross Advanced First Aid-er before, and it wasn't much of a change to go from AFA to the EMT. It just added better airway management and oxygen, a couple of immobilization devices, and the ambulance time. I joined the ambulance because I realized I needed more than riding with the fire department to keep my skills up.
--H