Our small rural dept gets approx 80-90 calls a year mostly MVAs and medical. We have a substantial elderly population and while everyone has a BLS certification, we are looking for more EMS trained personnel. (I do not believe we have a current EMT)
Here’s
are my questions.
1 - As I don’t work in the medical field, is it worth while to invest the time for an EMT-B class or will something like a ECA/EMR certificate suffice? Thinking the EMT-B may provide a secondary skill set I could market should my current career industry hit a rough patch.
2 - The department does have a training budget and they seem willing to pay for the courses, but am curious how other VFD handle it. Reimbursement? Pay up front? Partial payment as I could market the skill set later?
Any other input is welcome.
Here’s
are my questions.
1 - As I don’t work in the medical field, is it worth while to invest the time for an EMT-B class or will something like a ECA/EMR certificate suffice? Thinking the EMT-B may provide a secondary skill set I could market should my current career industry hit a rough patch.
2 - The department does have a training budget and they seem willing to pay for the courses, but am curious how other VFD handle it. Reimbursement? Pay up front? Partial payment as I could market the skill set later?
Any other input is welcome.
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