>>11215423Formally, we're trained to EMT-B licensure in EMT Phase. In Whiskey Phase, we're trained to do some things only a paramedic is authorized to do in the civilian sector.
First Aid/CPR is taught in the form of a Basic Life Saver class during EMT phase, requiring an 84 to pass. Examinations are open book but kids still fail it anyways.
EMT Phase is designed to be the foundational bedrock on which treatment of those three main injury mechanisms are taught for. Nurses and doctors do the big brain stuff that fixes up casualties. Combat medics do all the hoodrat stuff that keeps casualties alive long enough to get to appropriate medical care. Medics are not gentle in treatment due to the need for speed of prehospital care, and they will inflict great amounts of pain to their casualty to keep them alive.
Additional education on anatomy and physiology of the human body will be due to independent study. Like any vocation, self-starters that go well above and beyond their duties and responsibilities will no doubt be the best at what they do.
The military analogue to a PA as enlisted would probably be a 18D. If you are both strong and smart, special forces will be the best route for a medic who can do both hoodrat and big-brain at the same time. Military analogue to a NP is a 68C, which in the state of Texas can be used as a LPN, or a Licensed Practical Nurse. You'll still need to pursue a RN for other states.
>>11216107Yeah. The barracks looks nice on the surface but is usually in a state of disrepair due to the abuse that "soldier medics" do to the structure.
As for dip, many of our peers are still young and haven't adopted a tobacco habit, although they openly admit they miss using cannabis products.
