The Paramedic / Journal
Learn the work.
Find your way.
EMS education, career decisions, and honest perspective—from your first questions about the field to your next chapter in it.
THE PARAMEDIC JOURNAL
Practical education
Career perspective
Personal essays
What we explore
Wherever you are
in the journey.
Choose the questions that matter to your next step. New writing is shared through The Paramedic on Substack.
GETTING INTO EMS
Before the
first shift.
What the job actually involves, how to compare EMT and paramedic training, and what to ask before accepting your first position.
For career explorers & future EMTs
PRE-HEALTH PATHWAYS
Experience
with purpose.
Making thoughtful decisions about EMT work before PA or medical school, with attention to real duties, time, and learning.
For pre-health, pre-PA & pre-med readers
LEARNING IN THE FIELD
From student
to teammate.
Internships, questions, feedback, communication, and the transition into a new medic role.
For interns, EMTs & new paramedics
A note from Lisa
Standards
and respect
belong together.
You can take EMS seriously and still ask questions. You can be new and have something worth contributing. And you can build a career without making your job title your whole identity.
That’s the space I want The Paramedic to be: useful education, candid discussion, and room for the experiences that shape how we work and live.
Alongside practical guides, this journal will make room for my own stories and reflections. Patients’ private lives aren’t the price of a good lesson.
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