r/Paramedics • u/Patient-Radio-1626 • 5d ago

what do you regret.?

Is it worth the $30/hr, if you had the opportunity to do something else, would you take it , what would you have done (like be a lawyer). i can't decide between this and being a lawyer. I love both things a lot. I wanna hear someone else's perspective.

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u/largeforever 4d ago

I regret parts of EMS.

Speaking from the USA. I don’t regret the great partners or the experiences, but if you do this for a living you silo yourself professionally into a job that has a low earning potential. This becomes an exponentially bigger problem as you get older.

The job can be repetitive, and also dangerous, and not enough people touch on that. If and when you decide to leave, you gotta go back to school, or bust your ass changing fields if you don’t wanna do healthcare. It’s a huge pain in the ass to get a job doing something else. I did it.

I’m painting broad strokes and good EMS jobs exist, but it’s generally not the norm nationally.