Movin' on up!
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- Feb 6, 2004
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EMS stands for Earn Money Sleeping. I love my job. However, for some, it is not their cup-of-tea. It can be boring as heck, it is not a time builder, its like the Army....hurry up and wait sorta thng, you have to get up in the middle of the night to go fly, sometimes you see things you wish you hadn't, sometimes you have to put up with nurses, RTs and paramedics that annoy you and so on. On the other hand, its good to be doing something for someone, your IFR skills get really sharp, you make all the decisions and calls on weather, you go to some really off-the-wall places you normally would not go, and you get priority in and ot of airports and airspace whenever you call yourself "Lifeguard."
Here at my company, we were told off the bat that we are not there to save anybody's life...we fly people around and THAT is your job. Saving lives is the med-crew's job. If anyone ever tells you that you need to go where you are not comfortable going to "because someone is going to die if you don't" then you probably should not go because someone might die...ie you and the crew and/or the patient. Air ambulance flying is a great job for people who want to be around the family more and the pay is uaually not bad. Besides, once you have air ambulance experience, it is easy to get another job doing the same.
Here at my company, we were told off the bat that we are not there to save anybody's life...we fly people around and THAT is your job. Saving lives is the med-crew's job. If anyone ever tells you that you need to go where you are not comfortable going to "because someone is going to die if you don't" then you probably should not go because someone might die...ie you and the crew and/or the patient. Air ambulance flying is a great job for people who want to be around the family more and the pay is uaually not bad. Besides, once you have air ambulance experience, it is easy to get another job doing the same.