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Do You Have An EMS Fall Back Plan?

October 24, 2012 by Jim Hoffman 2 Comments

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You love EMS right? The great schedule, high pay, low stress. But what if you couldn’t do it anymore? What would you do? Do you have any plans or ideas on how you would survive or even fill that need to help others?  Injuries, age and burnout can be factors that force you to stop working in EMS. So this week we talk about fall back plans, options and ways to extend your EMS life.

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Thanks to Tim, Dave, and John for joining us and lending their insight.

Tim Noonan – Rogue Medic

Dave Aber from EMS Difference

Josh Knapp over at WANTYNU

John Broyles from the 1 Union 801 podcast

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Filed Under: The Podcast Tagged With: ems burnout, ems careers, emt jobs, paramedic, paramedic injuries

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  1. aaron romano says:
    October 25, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    Jim, I hear that EMT’s have many options availale to them if they no longer can or desire to transport…..medical tech,surgical tech,dispatcher, physician assistant….etc.

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