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Old 06-11-2014, 11:15 PM
RuggedJay RuggedJay is offline
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Originally Posted by cc56 View Post
I would say medical in the military is seconded by civilian medicine. The average medic in the army will have circles run around him by a civilian EMT/paramedic. Even if you work in a high speed unit you will be out done by a medium to heavily busy civilian medic. You just don't get the same experience. I would typically reccomend against being an army medic if you think you will get a lot of experience. I would reccomend a higher level of skill, like x-ray, surgical tech, and even LVN/LPN. When you get out of the Army as a 68w you can only be an EMT-B, most likely on an ambulance. I was lucky and got an ER job at $15 an hour, on an ambulance I made like $8.50 an hour. I worked in the ER in the Army though. To round out the conversation you might end up with an amazing medic while in the national guard.
I remember when looking into it a few years ago, anyone who is/was 68W/91? Healthcare specialist/medic is allowed in many states to challenge the State Board test for LVN.

http://www.ehow.com/how_6810055_use-...ecome-lpn.html

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