LPN & EMT certification

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I am not sure if this question has been approached before. Have any of you LPNs found that you can have more work opportunities, say in the ED or trauma, if you have EMT certification?

I am starting my LPN program in less than a month. After next spring, I was looking into the NOLS wilderness medicine semester. It also includes EMT certification. I guess I am wondering if that additional skillset would broaden my scope of opportunities and skills.

Another question is if any of you are familiar with these programs, which would be a better or best investment. I am right now looking at NOLs wilderness medicine, Tac-med tactical medical training, and Solo geo medic training. I am not sure which is the best route right now.

I also want to find out if there are scholarships for this area of training. The NOLs wilderness semester is 15,000 dollars, which for me as a college student, is astronomical. If I could cut it down to a thousand on my side to pay out of pocket, that would be great.

I really do not know. After all, it is next summer. :geek: But, if any of you have any information or advice, I would love to hear it.

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Where I live having either your LPN or your EMT or both will indeed help you get a job in the ED..... but not as an EMT or as a LPN. They'll hire you as a tech for a whopping 12-13 bucks an hour.

LPNs are simply not used in acute care where I'm from. Of course, Georgia may be different. Check your local hospitals' job postings. If they don't list any LPN positions, only RN, you can be pretty sure you will not get hired as a LPN in those settings.

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Specializes in Home Health (PDN), Camp Nursing.

I'm both, I have found no crossover. LPNs are not employed as nurses in any ED within 50miles of me. A job as a tech...well I could have just skipped the whole nursing school thing. I work as a Homecare PDN, and volunteer on a BLS truck maybe 24 hours a month.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
Have any of you LPNs found that you can have more work opportunities, say in the ED or trauma, if you have EMT certification?
Your location is Georgia according to the tags on your post.

To find employment in the emergency department or trauma ICU as an LPN, you will most likely need to relocate to a rural area that still utilizes LPNs in those specialties. Read the employment ads for jobs in your area. What types of employers are seeking LPNs? In all likelihood you will see few or no job openings for LPNs in the acute care hospital setting unless you are in a very small town or deeply rural area.

The last time I saw an LPN in trauma ICU or the ER, the year was 2009 and the location was Logan Medical Center in Oklahoma.

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I understand. I am hoping to go overseas, as I may have mentioned before. I am trying to find out if it would be a good investment to also get EMT certification as well as my LPN. I am still just toying with the idea. At the moment, I do not have the funds to get into another program. :) Thanks for the input.

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I was wondering that to I start lpn school 06/15/2015 currently I'm a rma and I work in urgent care my ultimate goal is to be an rn I would love to work in the ER as a lpn being that i already work urgent care as an MA and I do I Vs already, injections, splitting etc...I currently am in SC

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I was wondering that to I start lpn school 06/15/2015 currently I'm a rma and I work in urgent care my ultimate goal is to be an rn I would love to work in the ER as a lpn being that i already work urgent care as an MA and I do I Vs already, injections, splitting etc...I currently am in SC

As has been said earlier in thread, I would check with local hospital HRs and verify that they hire LPNs before making any decisions. It is possible EDs in your are hire LPNs as floor nurses..... but a vast number of hospitals in the USA do not hire LPNs in acute settings. Vast as in a majority of them.

Becoming a LPN is a perfectly fine choice. But be aware that your primary employment options will likely consist of nursing homes, home care or clinics. If you're okay with that, great.

And what is "splitting"? Did you mean "splinting"?

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Yes splinting typo

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