Also called: Air Medical Paramedic, Critical Care Flight Paramedic
Treats critically ill and injured patients on medical helicopters and planes.
Flight paramedics land at highway crashes and remote accident scenes, stabilize patients mid-air with advanced drugs and ventilators, and transport them to trauma centers. They fly with a flight nurse and work 24-hour shifts.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 5 years after high school. Paramedic license plus several years of busy 911 experience and FP-C certification.
Ways in: Certification, 2-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Paramedicine, Emergency Medical Services.
Growing faster than average (about 5% over 10 years). Paramedics overall (approx.).
Low risk for 10 years. AI aids monitoring and telemedicine; treating critical patients in a helicopter stays human.
Classes: Anatomy & physiology, Chemistry, Biology, Dual-enrollment EMT.
Official data: O*NET occupation 29-2043.
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