r/Paramedics • u/EarRepresentative444 • 5d ago

UK Are paramedics cliquey like nurses?

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?

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u/_Moderatelyhuman EMT-P 5d ago

My department is fire based but we have some single role paramedics. The way our command staff has separated the single roles makes things a little cliquey but the majority of the department has learned to accept us and generally welcome us into their stations at any time. Plenty of them are happy to see us because it means they don’t have to ride the units 😂 From what I’ve seen in my 4 years in EMS there’s 4 types of people: mean girls, guys who want to screw their coworkers, the incompetent, and everyone else. Don’t end up in one for the first three and you’ll be just fine. And if you’re nice and actually good at your job the nurses will learn to like you too.