Has anyone been licensed in CNA/PCA then gone on to EMT-Basic or EMT-Paramedic licensing before going on to LPN or RN?
I'm curious, because about 15 years ago, I took EMT-B, but unfortunately I haven't practiced since then. I've always wanted to "get back to it" but only recently have had the time/finances to go to school, and I chose CNA/PCA as a foundation because of the local job market, and also because I felt it was the best place to start in preparing for an eventual move towards RN.
But now I'm thinking, going back to get my EMT-B again might actually be kinda cool. I might actually like to even go further, and continue on to EMT-P. I know some of the skills in PCA are analogous to EMT-B, plus I've taken EMT-B so I have a "feel" for the scope of the program (albeit some of it's changed in 15 years). So the transition to EMT from PCA wouldn't be as difficult to me as it was 15 years ago, when I had no medical training at all.
Anyway, I'm still as yet undecided on whether I want to go LPN or go all the way to RN. Or if I want to go EMT-B then EMT-P, and then go LPN... which might be a little easier to get into than RN right now (waiting list). I'm thinking about a lot of options right now, which is why I thought I'd ask if any of you have experience with branching off to EMT and could offer any friendly advice.
If anything, if I did decide to go to EMT-B right away from CNA/PCA, then later do EMT-P, before going on to LPN or RN, I would have a diverse set of skills to call on and would have a lot more options open to me in my career.
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