I can understand the animosity between street medics and nurse medics. However the main reason I want to pick up my Paramedic certification is it's a prereq. for most flight programs. In addition to it being just another piece of paper for a job, I'm looking forward to spending some time on the streets learning a different side of emergency medicine. As far as the pay is concerned, here in Washington, if your a medic, you get medic pay. If your a nurse medic working as a medic, you get medic pay.