tjm358

My name is Fred and I was a medic in Jersey City from 1981 through 1998, along with 3 years of Newark EMS time prior to my Paramedic certification . Time in Newark paralleled my Jersey City time. .. If you are finishing up high school congrats.. Stay in school.. EMS was very interesting and I have many unbelievable memories good and bad.. EMS now a days is filled with to much garbage.... Pardon my candid response. however, you need a good couple years of field experience before even thinking of entering the paramedic program.. You can try (once certified) by getting a per-diem job in Jersey City as an EMT and see how things are done.,Do yourself a favor, until you can feel comfortable with patient care, basic and intermediate ( I truly mean comfortable) you will be doing yourself an injustice and the type of medic you will become will be one who has no street experience and without that all you have is a piece of paper (your certification).for that manner you might as well just forget about it.. Andrew, remember get the all important street experience, inner city and suburban .... Good luck ,