Advice re Paramedic Training

medic5

Got the EMT exams :):):) 15 out of 16 of us passed!
Thrilled

Dermwex

medic5 wrote: »

Got the EMT exams :):):) 15 out of 16 of us passed!
Thrilled

Congrats Medic5!!!! Was just wondering was the course hard? Have you any advice to someone doin the course? I'm starting in January and am nervous coz this is a complete career change for me! Any info would be great. Thank you!

medic5

Hi there, best of luck with the course. It's not a bad course. We (16) of us had the EFR course done with the IATI already, so we had a rough idea what we were getting into. You will enjoy the class, loads on hands on practical work. Only fault with the course is the timetable you get, is never in date!

Dermwex

Thats reassuring! I'm doing the efr course with them aswell so like you say it'll help a great deal! Where are ya hopin to get employment? I doubt there should any bother finding a job in this career! How much placement do we actually have to do? Do we sort that ourselves??

medic5

Hope to start with one of the privates (don't want to advertise here). The IATI sort everything with the placements, we got a three days in hospital and two on a private ambulance (best part of the course ).

HighlyCooL

fair play to ya medic5, what were the MCQ and Skill sets like. what kind of questions do they ask. im hoping to have enuf money saved by the summer to do the EMT course down there. Got my C license on the 30th, just got to wait a few months till im 21 to get cracking on the d license. then pray they will be recuiting!

medic5

The MCQ's were grand. We had done a few hundred in the school before the exams. They covered about 90% of the questions that came up on the paper. We just did loads of MCQ's before the PHECC exam, and the tutors went through the answers with us.

alrilad

Hey all can anyone help me??? Can anyone tell me how much the privates pay if you join them as a qualifyed EMT???

Elessar

From what I've heard, of the two biggest, one pays roughly 500 p/w and the other 2k/month, roughly. Based on 40 hr weeks. There is often overtime aswell. Only what I've heard though!

alrilad

Many thanks for that info!!!!:)

keryl

Hello

Can anyone give some advice to someone completely new to this career and the steps needed.

I understand the C&D license and the need for H B vaccination.

Is the first step recommended to be applying for the EMT or should other training be required before hand and if so which?
Thank You

Elessar

keryl wrote: »

Hello

Can anyone give some advice to someone completely new to this career and the steps needed.

I understand the C&D license and the need for H B vaccination.

Is the first step recommended to be applying for the EMT or should other training be required before hand and if so which?
Thank You

There is no harm doing the EMT if you want. There is no harm in doing any related course or getting any related certificate as these things will show you have an interest when it comes to interview.

In saying that people with no previous background in anything ambulance related get in to the service with every recruitment phase.

But having some extra courses on your belt would be a good talking point in the interview. They can only be beneficial to you.

I would recommend, if you have not already, become involved with one of the voluntary ambulance services to give you a taste of patient care and interaction on a level that isn't life-or-death. It can be very beneficial from both a personal and professional point of view.

Leo Demidov

I'm sure this question has been asked already but i just cant find it so here goes,

Does anyone know for certain to what level a NATS trained paramedic can teach first aid to a voluntary org without undertaking further training, say for example to civil defence members. I'm told its somewhere between CFR and FR, depending on who you ask.

Cheers.

DubMedic

wexfjord wrote: »

I'm sure this question has been asked already but i just cant find it so here goes,

Does anyone know for certain to what level a NATS trained paramedic can teach first aid to a voluntary org without undertaking further training, say for example to civil defence members. I'm told its somewhere between CFR and FR, depending on who you ask.

Cheers.

Better off asking over @ irishambulance.net

it's much more focused towards our ambulance services.

sgthighway

wexfjord wrote: »

I'm sure this question has been asked already but i just cant find it so here goes,

Does anyone know for certain to what level a NATS trained paramedic can teach first aid to a voluntary org without undertaking further training, say for example to civil defence members. I'm told its somewhere between CFR and FR, depending on who you ask.

Cheers.

AFAIK they still have to qualify as a "Tutor" by PHECC. I know in OMAC a PHECC registered EMT is not able to teach unless they have qualified as an Instructor in OMAC. A EMT who is also an OMAC Instructor is qualified to teach EFR in OMAC.

Somebody can be an EMT or Paramedic and be very good at it but they might not be very good at instructing. Its a different type of training.

Hooch

wexfjord wrote: »

I'm sure this question has been asked already but i just cant find it so here goes,

Does anyone know for certain to what level a NATS trained paramedic can teach first aid to a voluntary org without undertaking further training, say for example to civil defence members. I'm told its somewhere between CFR and FR, depending on who you ask.

Cheers.

NATS is gone. Its now NASC:) (National Ambulance Service College)

Any PHECC registered practitioner may become an assistant tutor or a full tutor. Its a four week course run by PHECC every year in two blocks. That allows you to instruct up to your grade, I.E emt-b / emt-p

You still must do CFR instructor seperatly. (about €1000, crazy money)

It can depend on what you want to teach. OFA is now run by a private company that took over from NASC last year so to be an instructor you must make out your own powerpoint slides and apply to them for an exam. You them present two areas and hopefully you pass. The fee I think is €700 or so.

If your and EMT you can do a 4-5 day teaching skills course thats PHECC approved and this will allow you to be an EFR instructor.

Then comes the hard part!!! You must acredit yourself to a training centre or set one up yourself and apply to PHECC to have it recoginsed.

sgthighway

@wexfjord - Get the Paramedic to join the voluntary organisation and it will cost the Paramedic nothing to get qualified to teach CFR or OFA.

Leo Demidov

Thanks to everybody for the info. Bit of a minefield.

skippyob

hi all.
i am an 18 year old student doing my leaving cert and was interested in pesueing paramedic as a career. i know that there is a course in ucd but that is the only way i know of going about it. i am wondering if there are any others??

medic780

skippyob wrote: »

hi all.
i am an 18 year old student doing my leaving cert and was interested in pesueing paramedic as a career. i know that there is a course in ucd but that is the only way i know of going about it. i am wondering if there are any others??

The only way to become a paramedic in this country is through the HSE at the moment. To apply for the job you will have to be at least 21 as you need to have a full D1. But in the mean time why not join a voluntary organisation such as The Red Cross, Saint John's etc these will give you a real insight to the job and lots of hands on experience.
As for college why not do nursing or some other medically based course while you're waiting
Also read the rest of the posts these will be able to give you more info and ideas.:)