How do you feel about a Paramedic's job vs. a Firefighter's job?

I would just like to know who thinks has the most stressful job a paramedic ,firefighter??

I think there in the same category

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Permalink Reply by Sarah Tinsley MacKenzie on May 10, 2009 at 2:13am

i thik they are both just as even
we are kinda all thea to do the same job, to try save lives

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan on May 10, 2009 at 3:01am

We have a couple Fire/EMTs at our dept. Everyone else is first responder certified. I'm looking to get my paramedic next year. Its all tough work, but somebodys gotta do it

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Permalink Reply by Brian Evans on May 10, 2009 at 7:41am

how do you feel about a plumbers job vs an electricians job? its a rather arbitrary question IMO that can only lead bad places

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Permalink Reply by Brian Dumser on May 10, 2009 at 11:44am

In my area (Chicago suburbs), we're all Firefighter/EMT-B or Firefighter/EMT-P. It's really apples and oranges to try to compare the two in my opinion though. Stay safe!

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Permalink Reply by Mick Shelley on May 10, 2009 at 12:45pm

I beleive you answered your own question.
We are all here to do the same job, so I
would have to we are all equal

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Permalink Reply by CHRIS STIMMELL on May 10, 2009 at 2:45pm

I do both, I'm a Fire Medic. It depends on the call, sometimes fire, sometimes medical? Over all, I Think its pretty close. Maybe being a paramedic might be a little more stressful, because you can make a choice of treatment or not treat in time. Your always dealing with a Pt on medical calls, not all the time on fire calls. Things could get bad pretty fast on medical and trauma calls. Dealing with family members, children, things like that. Runnin a call on children, always makes your butt pucker as a medic, I don't care how long you've been doing it.

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Permalink Reply by Cody W. Nelson on May 11, 2009 at 5:16pm

I agree with you KIT. There really isn't anything more frightening than having a patient loaded into the ambulance breathing and before you get to the EC, they are not breathing. Makes for a tense fifteen minutes!

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Permalink Reply by Fireyladd - Retired Chief Sharp on May 11, 2009 at 5:23pm

Depends on which hat your wearing at the time. we do both and I can concur that its stressful either way sometimes. Love them both.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Everson on May 11, 2009 at 5:42pm

I work as a FF/Paramedic and both can be stressful at times. We do however respond to more medicals then fire calls. On a rare occasion we have more fire calls and I laugh with the crew and say "Hey, we are like real firefighters today!"