NinerThreeKilo

pax= passengers. Well before I get too far ahead of myself I need to get through EMT-P school! Starting to dig into A&P, looks like I am going to have my fare share of reading to do on this journey..

Sorry if I’m not articulating this very well! What I am saying is I am happy flying in a FIXED wing NON EMS role and picking up EMS shifts outside of flying during my down time (time permitting). Now what I said about the EMT-P helping, I brought up the fact that I started EMT-P school with my boss, he doesn’t so ANY EMS flights and he was very interested in it, he said he is very happy someone will have some medic training incase anything happens at work. And for me caring less as for a go/no go on a theoretical EMS flight, yes I could care less about how quickly the pax needs to get to the ER. ALL of my flights are flown at best possible time. This may sound cold but the aircraft, the weather and terra firma underneath the aircraft does not know, nor care how sick or how young my pax is, icing, wind, visibility, etc do not change for sick people no matter how nice they are and getting everyone killed does not do a damn bit of good for anyone.

I would not be trying to get hired onto any EMS operations as a pilot, I was more talking about, say flying a beaver in AK or something and having a medic background. Also you point about knowing the condition of the pt, if I am operating as PIC or even SIC, I really could care less, I make my decisions based on the conditions, getthereitis is taken its fare share of aircraft and if the aircraft goes down the patient dies anyway, along with the crew and, most unfortunately, ME. So no, knowing the condition of the person on board would change NOTHING when it comes to how and when I fly.

Well I am OK with not combining the two, I figure adding EMT-P to my resume might help put me on the top vs other pilots; pilot/medic with XX hours beats pilot/nothing with XX hours, and with my current setup at work I could also work part-time EMS. ANYWAY had my first day of class today. I like it! The instructor appears to be experienced and has quite a few active EMS people stop by to help out with the class. We have just over 20 students and will be taking 3 semesters for our EMT-I then another 3 for the EMT-P. Seems like a little bit of a stretch of time but I'm not in too much of a hurry. The only thing I found odd was it wasn't until the first day of class I found out which books I needed (book store said the program head kept changing his mind), so I am getting Emergency Care (12th Edition) and the workbook. I found a site with a whole bunch of power-point presentations that might come in handy (EMT Powerpoint ). Oh yea, I also need to get a stethoscope, after a little online research found a good deal on a Littmann master cardiology (black edition), probably overkill but when I buy headsets/watches/flashlights/EFBs etc. for work I dont buy junk, figure spending more and not having to upgrade later saves money in the long run.

I was figuring that, I'll have my ATP knocked out shortly however, like you said, not too many Paramedic 180s, PA18s or DHC2s around. So looks like I will end up working nights as a EMT-P and fly during the days??

Hey, first time poster, and a new student in a EMT/EMT-P program! A little background on me, I'm a happily employed commercial pilot and flight instructor. I dont fly for any big airlines nor do I have a desire to, I'm more of what one would refer to as a bush pilot (float planes and the odd looking planes with the little wheel in the back), I also WAS a volunteer firefighter for 2 years while I was in college, never got my FF1 though I have found with my new job that after 5pm I'm free, I have always thought that I would enjoy being a EMT-P, since we have a local community college that is offering a 18mo EMT-P program for next to nothing with financial aid, I figured I would be a fool not to utilize my down time and do this! The plan is to keep my day job so to speak (as I dont know what I would do with myself if I wasn't flying) and earn my EMT-P on my post 5pm downtime, after I get my EMT-P try to pick up shifts that work with my flight schedule. Ideally I would like to find a job after I get my EMT-P flying something fun (and not a chopper) where I can combine my new found Paramedic skills with a pilot job. So aside from hitting the books hard, any tips on this new journey of mine??? Thanks, 93K