Uhh...What do you think NAVY HMs are? Corpsman! Jeezus! You should go and hide because you are too stupid to get out of the rain.
Tell you what. Go over to the Navy forum. Post what you just said. Start learning how to do scut work, that's about all you'll ever do with that attitude.
OK I'll answer this question seriously. With the Army medic required to be a Nationally registered EMT that now makes the Army combat medic the highest trained out of school medic. Special forces 18D's are NREMT paramedics so they are over all probably the highest trained field medics, though I hear the Airforce PJ's are also paramedics. Navy HM's are very capable however.
With the Army medic required to be a Nationally registered EMT that now makes the Army combat medic the highest trained out of school medic.
Why is that? Im leaving soon for the Navy to become a Corpsman and hoping to get a 8408 NEC... Also Ive heard that the Army AIT and Navy A school is going to merge together at some point.
Im starting to think that 68W would have been a better choice if you get a EMT cert. after school...
If it makes you feel any better Drays I was just talking to my Dr the other day about the military and her roomate in college was a Navy Corpsman. She said she had a distinct edge on everyone when it came to actual procedures from her training and her experience in the Navy it just didn't actually translate into the real world (lacking the credentials) but an NREMT-B is very easy to get, just contact your local ambulance corps, state office of ems or community college. It only costs like 500 bucks for the initial course and if you volunteer at an ambulance corps most of them will pay for the class for you and support you through it. Also not all states accept the national registry cert, all states have their own cert but some sates allow you to challenge their state test if you have your NREMT which means you just take thier test w/o taking the class again. I work in ct and Ct Mass NY( they really DO have ambulance drivers) and RI (all the places Ive worked out of) all have different protocols/standing orders and your still only authorized to work under YOUR med control. Moral of the story?? You'll get the knowledge to actually do the job, getting the civie cert is cake...especially after you've had the training. Good luck with whatever branch your in
i'm a 68w, worked in a CSH downrange and had a chance to work alongside with several corpsman... i can tell you that all of them hold their ground when it came to trauma care in that enviroment... the cool thing about them it's that they get to work with the Marines, but also Army medics get to work on line units, allowing them a chance for combat action... don't worry, in the military, once you are in harms way, we are all the same. Good Luck and enjoy your choice, because that's what counts actually.
