paramedic salary

[bradlai]

hello everyone

i am secondary school student in hk

i want to become a paramedic in future

i want to ask some question

what is the salary and the social status of paramedic compare with firefighter in US or Canada, is it lower than the firefighter?

my english is nt good ~~sorry~

THX~

[Dustdevil]

what is the salary and the social status of paramedic compare with firefighter in US or Canada, is it lower than the firefighter?

In America, almost always yes. In Canada, it varies with location, but generally yes also.

If you want to be a paramedic, go ANYWHERE except the United States. I recommend The Netherlands.

[BEorP]

In America, almost always yes. In Canada, it varies with location, but generally yes also.

If you want to be a paramedic, go ANYWHERE except the United States. I recommend The Netherlands.

I think in Ontario (this based on the average PCP salary and the one fire service that I know about) Paramedics usually make more for the first four or five years, but after that the fire salary has increased to above the Paramedic salary.

If you are considering coming to Ontario keep in mind that you will need to either be a firefighter or a Paramedic, you can't be both (we do not have Paramedics on firetrucks).

EDIT: In terms of social status of Paramedics in Ontario, I would say that they are generally well respected and thought of as health professionals. (This is due mainly to the fact that they have a minimum of two years of postsecondary education but many have more.) Firefighters are also well respected in Ontario because well, you know... they save lives (sorry to throw sarcasm at you when English isn't your first language). But seriously, I would say that both professions are seen as respectable.

In the United States you will find that firefighters are considered to be better than Paramedics.

[bbbrammer]

Paramedic pay and respect differs between place to place. I would say that you should choose whichever proffession you are more comfortable with and then look for the kind of service that you want to work for. As far as pay, some places pay medics more, some pay firefighters more. Some places have firefighter/paramedic combos that work out of the fire deptartment that get to do both jobs. People do tend to respect firefighters more than paramedics, I think mostly because firefighters have been around alot longer than paramedics. But trying to balence the amount of respect bewteen the two is not a good idea. The best thing to remember is that in most places, BOTH proffessions are respected.

[1EMT-P]

It varies depending where you are in the US, I have seen Ads anywhere between $ 11.00 - 23.00 per hour.