Are paramedics cliquey like nurses?

[u/EarRepresentative444]

I'm interested in becoming a paramedic. I have loved the years I've spent as a HCA and I have tried going into nursing in the past however I have noticed that if the team you are working under don't like you, they will look for reasons to fail you if not making your placement as difficult as they can.

I love helping people and making a difference. I am able to remain calm and navigate difficult situations. I fear that I will expereicne a near identical work culture if I go into paramedic science. Is this something other students have experienced and how did you deal with it?

[u/Difficult_Flight8404]

I agree that the "eat your young" mindset is dying in ems. I was treated that way. Now instead of belittling new emts who called for a medic, and we aren't really needed, we take the time to educate them properly and let them know that it's okay to call for a medic if you truly feel you need one. Worst case scenario for them is we just downgrade back to them bls. They learned something, the pt had ALS eyes on them, medics arent stuck with a BS call and everyone is happy in the end. The amount of pts who must have had worse outcomes because we wouldn't even call for a medic because we knew they would just be mad, belittling and an overall asshole. With a big chance of them downgrading the obvious ALS call back to us. Waste of time. Now we are the change we wanted to see.