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Thanks for the advice Phil. I guess I will just call ASNSW and get it directly from the horse's mouth.

I'm curious..where in the US can you go to a 12 week paramedic class with 200 hours clinical/skills/internship?

Open up a Weet Bix box? Really? I think that's pretty funny, and I can see your point. At the same time, this is not "breakfast cereal" program. Unfortunately the paramedic program I am in will take ANYONE with or without EMT experience, and that boils my blood. The 2 years I have as EMT experience has only barely scratched the surface on how much I have seen, so I couldn't imagine going into paramedic school without at least 1 - 2 years experience. I have also told many people that Paramedic training in the most of this country is not long enough. I have learned so much in the last 8 months (which is how long the classroom portion of the program is - mind you, some programs do it in 5 months ) but I have also put everything I have into it. I have literally had no life. Some states (Oregan, Washington State) require you to have your bachelor's in Paramedicine in order to work as a paramedic in those states (I'm sure there are more US states that require it, too). I haven't actually worked EMS in Aus, as I have been in California since I was 18, so all my EMS training has been over here. POINT BEING! (Sorry, got sidetracked) I would love for someone to tell me if I am at least able to enter into the bachelor's program with ASNSW with some training credit. I figured I would probably have to do more training or whatever it may be, but maybe one of you could share your insight or if you work for ASNSW, ask someone for me. I have some options working in hospitals in Sydney while I am still in school, I would just like to know if ANYTHING I am doing right now is helping me advance my career in Australia. And Paramedics working in California don't get paid anything. It ranges between $12 - 24/hr depending where you go..so I guess you could say the pay matches the amount of training. I feel I have more knowledge than most who go through my program, mainly because I actually want to learn the information, and this is my passion (most kids who do it over here, do it to get a fire job). sorry that was extremely long..hopefully nobody gets bored half way through and gives up

I know what you're saying, but they do have a "recognition of prior learning" and when I called and talked to HR, they said they have hired people from California before. The scope of practice is very similar, and the school I go to trains us to national standards, therefore we have far superior training than if it were based on local or state protocols.. But thanks for the info, I will definitely search for the threads that contain this information.

Yeh well I kinda got sucked in to California and ended up going to school over here, but I am moving back to Aus at the end of the year when I finish my internship...planning on working for the ambos out in Sydney.

Seems like this is a great place to get in contact with other professionals in the field. Glad I found it. My name is Tim, I am 23 years old and I have been an EMT for 2 years. I am finishing up my didactic portion of medic school this week..then onto 6 months of clinical and field internships. I am from Sydney, Australia originally, but I have lived in Sacramento, CA for the past 5 years. I absolutely love my career. I never thought I would love my job so much but I can't get enough of it. People think I'm crazy, but I look at it as lucky I found what I want to do for the rest of my life. Good to meet you guys, hopefully I can share some of my insight and gain some knowledge from some of you here too.