If you want to learn how being a paramedic can be, then this article is for you! You might already be a paramedic, or you might study in this field. This article is explaining the basics about this amazing job! I wrote this article to show others what it feels like to be a paramedic.
Being a paramedic is working with all types of people; old, young, sick, traumatized or even new born. They need to find a way to communicate with every one even if they don't speak the same language. Being a paramedic is doing the best you can in order to save your patients life. It's also spending a lot of time driving or being on the road. Being a paramedic is taking care of patients and taking the time to talk to them.
Paramedics are taking care of sick people who need to be transported to the hospital. They enter in contact with patients every day and ask them personal questions. Paramedics try really hard to make the patient comfortable while they transport them to the hospital. Paramedics give reports to the hospital staff.
In a typical day, a paramedic starts his day by making sure that his truck is in order and, then he goes on the road. Once on the road, the reception will give the team of paramedic a location where they need to go. Once they arrive at the location, they wait to get a call. Once they get a call, the paramedics go take care of the patient and bring him to the hospital. After they arrive at the hospital, paramedics give a report to the nurse and then go back in the truck to get another call.
Paramedics works in a lot of different places. They go inside people's house, in theaters, to sport events and even to places they never thought they would. Being a paramedic is also being in a truck almost the entirety of the working hours. They also spend a lot of time in the hospital because every patient they come in contact with are transported there.
You can become a paramedic by going to college. Many college offers a 3 years program with the possibility to do it in 4 years if you have other plans while completing your studies. If you don't want to go to college, training is offered by police, health departments and some hospitals.
A paramedic, in Quebec, makes an average of 52 000 dollars per year. Paramedics is the emergency service with the lower salary.
Paramedics are constantly being trained during their career. The job changes so much every year that you need to be up to date with your techniques. The additional training is offered by their employers.
Being a paramedic is very dangerous because they carry a lot of heavy equipment and because, sometimes, the patients can weight up to 150 kg. A lot of paramedics are injured badly.
Being a paramedic is not a job that can be replaced by robots. The job varies too much for a robot to do the job. There is not one exact formula to do this job. Paramedics needs to use of their logic and, sometimes, find creative ways to save their patient's live. However, robots are used by paramedics to ease their job. For example, they use a robot to enter the patient in the ambulance.
After 5 years, Paramedics starts to feel the stress of the job. Paramedics usually left the field after 10 years.
I have been studying in Pre-hospital Emergency Care for about 2 years. I would like to go to university after working for 2 years on the road.