If you ever thought about becoming a paramedic, then this article is for you. You'll learn everything you ever wanted about becoming a paramedic, what is the day to day of a paramedic, how much they get paid, what training they need, how you can become a paramedic, The dangerous side of a paramedic job, when you can expect to retire and how you can change lives around you.
If you are a paramedic everyday is a different adventure. You never know what you will be dealing with.Your shift can be smooth or it can be the most terrific day of your life.
A Paramedic have a good range of tasks.First of all, he can administer medication like epinephrine, acetaminophen, nitroglycerin. Sometimes, people call 911 because they are feeling lonely, so we are here to help others to find resources to make them feel better.Sometimes, we are on call to save babies, pregnant mother, children, man.
Normally, a Paramedic arrives at the control spot where all the truck are. The Paramedic and his partner are making sure everything in the truck is full. And they restock if there's something missing.After that, they check everything on the truck: The windshield washer, the gas, the sirens, the wheel etch.After all the verification they go on the road for the entire shift. At the end of their shift, they return to the control spot, they wash the truck and restock it.
A Paramedic can work at different place.They can work for ''Urgency health''.'This company is the only governmental company. Even we are not considerate as professional health workers we have a lot of company like Cambi, Cetam, SPLL, Dessercom. Every company has its own advantages.
First of all, you need to have good grades at your secondary school. Not a lot of people are accepted because it's very contingent.After your secondary you can do the three-year technique at Ahuntsic, Quebec or Sherbrooke. These are some good college but in my opinion Ahuntsic is the best! Of course, if you fail in a technique course like Physiopathology or Biology, automatically you add one year. After the technique you go two years on the road as a Paramedic and after the two years you decide if you want to stay on the road or if you want to go further in your salary and act you can do
A Paramedic is paid around $36,036 and $58,821 it depends on your experience on the road and your training.
A Paramedic need to assist to a lot of training during his career to stay up to date. A lot of protocols change over the year and to give the best service he needs to follow and learn new protocols on a daily basis
The danger of being a paramedic are multiple. First of all, we never know what we will find on the call. Sometimes, we can have a call for a person who is intoxicated, and we never know who we will need to treat.Thank god we work in team with the police. Sometimes, it can be dangerous for us so the police can be here to assure our protection and be sure no one gets hurt.
We already work with robots on a daily basis. For example, we have the Lucas. Lucas is an automated cardiac massage machine. The chance that a robot replaces the human contact between us and the patient is almost impossible.
Along a Paramedic Career the Paramedic will have faced a lot of sicks people. They will have a lot of up and down. The Average age of a retired Paramedic is about 65 year old maximum. Almost Every paramedic will end their career on the road, but they will do teaching class for the young one.
In conclusion, I'm in second year of Paramedic School and i'm so excited to finish my technique and go to help some people.
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