STRETCHER81

Thankyou all for replying to my post here. I have taken a lot from what you all have wrote! I know what I was going to look like just entering the site and jumping in the chat room to ask some ques. I however didnt have much time and just found the site and was looking to see if anyone wanted to share and possibly continue thru email as I dont have regular access to internet. No worries on all that, I was expecting some criticism and quite honestly wanted it in every way you all gave it to me!! My main reasons for getting into the field goes as is. Ive been in the airlines for the past 9 years, I was always interested in the medical field. Not doctor but first responder. I dealt w/ a lot of job accidents and did a lot of training to prepare and deal w/ a emergency. No where near the kind of training I am expecting for the Paramedic training, but I am not afraid of committing to it when I decide to go or not. I currently work at a retirement Communnity in Raleigh and regularly call EMS to the job for falls and accidents w/ the residents here. I try to always be there w/ the resident while they're waiting for EMS to come and def. wish I could have the knowledge to help them right there, but all I can do is comfort them and keep them from hurting themselves more. Im coming into this late at age 27 because the airlines for one, and after I decided to pursue another carreer option, I figured I would get a job that had some relevance to helping people. even though it doesnt have much to do w/ the medical, I am around people that are and can try to make a logical decision to pursue it or not! I have no family here in Raleigh, no wife/kids, girlfriend that loves the fact that I'm looking into this, and a dog. I'm not doing it for the money, Ive heard both sides, you can make a lot the more training and commitment you put into the carreer, or if I want to just be on the bottom and make what I can. I'm doing it for myself and the satisfaction of trying to be there for someone. When I got some time after that chat room bust! I did come back and read a lot of posts from other people and the responses, I did answer a lot of my questions, this is true, but I still wanted some personalized messages for what I was looking for. Once again thankyou all for replying and giving me a lot to think on, any other questions I will be sure to come here first and post again!!

Hey everyone, I'm at the beginning of my realization that I want to be in this field.... So finding the information is coming along slowly. Hope some of you out there can help point me in the right direction. My main concern is how I am going to be able to pay for this?!? I have a full time job right now and I want to put my full effort into the EMT/Paramedic. So do they do loans where I can cut my hours and put forth more effort to learning and passing the classes? Or is that how it has to be.... Do what I can with what I got? I live in Raleigh, NC Truthfully, that's really my only concern, everything else is just pushing my self to 100% to completing the classes and getting into the job. Also, should I get with a hospital or fire dept. first to get some training/experience or should I get the minimum certification first then look for a job? Do places usually take people in to train for their loyalty after their training is done?!? As you can tell, I am clueless, but I do have the desire and passion for helping people and I know this is the route I would like to go. So any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks