KevlarMedic

I'm not sure about others here but i have averaged about 50k gross and about 36k net. That's making $15-$18/hr for 12hr shifts and $12hr for 24 hour shifts, granted these are private services since i have been a medic.

As a medic that has worked for various departments and private and public services. I can say this, your experience comes from time and call volume. Just because they say that havent have "serious" calls does not mean that you will not have them. You will find that there are more situations that will show themselves in the future that will be simular. I will give you am example of RN to Paramedic relationship, some RN's think we are nothing more than CNA's with lights and sirens. While others actualy know what we do in the field and know what you go through. I, from my experience, know how nice it is to have plenty of help on every scene i worked because of the rescue or engine showing up onscenes for backup and support units, but also how it is to be in the middle of nowhere with a critial patient and only have my EMS-driver partner and the patients family as backup. When it comes down to it, its you that is caring for your patient, and if you know you are doing the absolute best you can to your ability for them then you can hold your head high and proud knowing that you did what you were trained to do. You are always going to run into people that will try to one up you on calls and how bad they were, but in the end those stories dont matter. What matters is how you treat your crew, the patient, the family, and others whom you meet. If you are polite and respectful and explain what you are doing to the patients and their family they respect you more cause it shows that you care about them and that you take pride in you job. You can always say this, they maybe Fire Department, but that doesnt mean they are the best at what they do and they dont always get the really good calls. My advice is to just bite your tongue, yes it might hurt and feel like its bleeding, but its not worth a fight over who gets the "serious" calls. There will people that say they are better then someone else cause of where they work or something they got to do, in the end its just you and your patients and how you care for them. And sorry if i repeated myself or got long winded.