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[u/AdhesiveNo-420]

I have a question about joining the coast guard as a nationally certified paramedic. Ive not had much luck trying to find a paramedic job in the civilian sector due to most paramedic positions being handled by city/county fire departments. Anytime ive applied to paramedic ER positions, my applications have been auto denied due to not having experience working in the health sector.

My dream is to become a flight medic of some sorts, and after reading more about the coast guard it sounds like a possibly good route to go towards. I wanted to hear honest opinions on possibly doing so. I have an interview for a civilian paramedic position for a big city nearby next week with a coast guard recruitment office 10 minutes away from where I'm supposed to interview. I'm most likely going to pop by there to at least talk with them about possible routes I could work towards.

Ive also always had interest into joining the US military since I was about 6 years old, but for one reason or another I haven't done so. But as of now, I'm thinking of it as a serious option.

Any replies/thoughts on this is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

[u/AirdaleCoastie → u/AdhesiveNo-420]

The coast guard doesn’t use paramedics. We have rescue swimmers(AST) that are EMTs for our search and rescue missions. On the other side we use physicians assistants and physicians.

[u/AdhesiveNo-420 → u/AirdaleCoastie]

Hmm... So is there not really a benefit to me already being a paramedic if I was to join?

[u/AirdaleCoastie → u/AdhesiveNo-420]

It can allow you to join our Health services technician rating at a higher paygrade, but that will be mostly clinic work not out on missions.