Do you ever wish you had become a doctor?

[kristo]

Another option; at least where I come from. In Iceland, doctors very often ride with ambulances for the most serious cases. In the capital, Reykjavík, there's a special ambulance staffed 24/7 with a doctor, that one is always sent along with a regular one if the case warrants it (respitory distress, young children, anything cardiac related, etc.). Also, all coast guard helicopters always have a doctor on board in all SAR / med-evac trips.

So, for those doctors, they have all the "good" parts of EMS, only go to the "popular" calls, don't have to do the grunt work (they have paramedics with them on the ambulance and at least one EMT on the helicopters), a pretty much unlimited scope of practice and complete autonomy - and a very decent paycheck.

[emt-b_wa]

While in high school I wanted to become a MD. I had the grades I even graduated HS early and was excepted to several State and private colleges. I was right on tract. However at the end of my last year in highschool I attended a national youth leadership fourm on medicine. During the time I spent there I was given the opportunity to shadow several different MDs, DOs and PAs, while shadowing and ER doc I was talking to a paramedic and he offered to take me out on a ride along. After getting clearance to do so I rode with him for the last 8 hours of his shift, during that time I realized that That was what I wanted to do. I didn't need to become a MD. I have no regreets as of yet I love my job even though I despise my company and I am getting ready for medic school.