Does being a paramedic help my chances at becoming a Navy Field Medic?
I am currently an EMT in the Emergency Dept at my local hospital with a good amount of experience in the field with the fire dept. I am almost finished with my paramedic associates degree. Does that help my chances at becoming a Navy Corpsman Field medic?
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no help at all. your ASVAB line scores determine what ratings you are eligible for. Needs of the Navy dictate what you are offered. HM is overmanned, even 8404( Greenside/Fleet Marine Force)
absolute best case scenario is you would skip a few weeks of A school.. assuming it would even be offered to you at all.
Helps -- yes, slightly
You still have to make the required asvab score for corpsmen, to get the job
There is a lot more to being a corpsmen, than just emergency medicine though
So you will still have to go to a school and be trained, you will just get to skip 3 weeks of the a school where thet teach the emt-b portion.
2. The paramedic skills nean nothing really, only spec ops corpsmen and medics in the military are paramedic trained.
once you volunteer /enlist ask the recruiter about being a army combat medic or a navy corpsman .
Ask a Navy recruiter !!
Well the experience is good
yes they are nothing but LPN's you should have no problem