DUI (one too many beers)

[brentoli]

I'm glad I am not the only one who took issue with this and I hope the Kohlerrf spoke wrong.

I know that anywhere I've worked as well as several of my friends who had DUI's on their records were basically uninsurable for several years after the DUI.

I believe the quoted statement above is false.

Completely. I dealt with an insurance company with hiring issues. Unequivocaly false. It will pose a problem up to 5 years later, even if it falls off. Your record will always show the chemical test failure suspension.

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[crotchitymedic1986]

Hate to tell you, but you will most likely have a difficult time. The one thing that is missing is your age, which is important. If you are under 23 and have major offenses and/or suspensions you can not be hired. Then again, its not much better if you are older as insurance companies view a 32 year old with DUI worse than a 18-21 year old. You should talk to some of the local employers and ask them, but it is difficult to put anyone on that has had a recent DUI. But you can go from EMT school to Paramedic school without getting employed, and by the time you finish all of that, you will be hireable.

[Addb]

echo most above. If you are willing to relocate you might be able to find a job as a non-driving EMT with a BLS service somewhere that uses first responders as drivers... but again the competition right now in EMS is pretty fierce. I agree go work in an ER somewhere until you finish medic school.