“Our military men and women receive some of the best technical training in emergency medicine—and they prove their skills on the battlefield every day,” Capps says in a prepared statement. “When they return home, however, experienced military medics are often required to begin their training completely over at the most basic level to receive certification for civilian jobs. This unnecessarily keeps our veterans out of the workforce and withholds valuable medical personnel from our communities.”
http://www.jems.com/article/news/pro...rts-transition
DC has had a rash of incidents in which response times have failed, even for its LEO's. One of the proposals has been to look into servicemen/women for transition to civilian life. I'm not sure if they realize the cost as well. Most EMS don't make tons of money, and it has strange hours. I worked Moore County for a couple of years and unless you pulled a lot of overtime or received one of there newer positions for a 12 hour truck, most had second jobs. And most of those folks were overweight and unhappy.
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