DaveKonig

Whether you are able to get a job or not is going to be dependent on your area and how far away you are willing to travel. In New York State the requirement for lifting is being able to lift 125 lbs. alone, 250 lbs. combined with another person. You should look at what your state says in their job description as an EMT. A company will hire you regardless of whether you look like you can lift it or not, but be ready to lift it because in all likelihood they will test that ability. They will also ask where you went to EMT school, and because the EMT school should have made sure you could lift that amount the school will then earn a reputation for graduating sub-par EMTs. Finally, as far as a background check goes, it really depends on where you go. Most schools around here work the background check into the registration fee. They don't want you handing them a forged background check, so they perform their own. I would seriously question any job or school that allows you to do it yourself and hand it to them. While that may be legal, security wise it does not preferred method. EMTs have a positive career outlook and is considered a growing field forecasted with positive job growth. Part of that is due to an actual increase in demand, and part of it is because of the extremely high attrition. Ultimately, companies that hire new EMTs are looking for some sort of customer service experience since that seems to be the part all EMT programs are complacent in training.