@mcnado I had a *much* clearer idea of what I was getting myself into when I signed up for the #bls course. I had many long, brutally honest conversations with close friends who were in #EMS. I knew the pay was less than substandard (to put it mildly), but this was also the recession and IT jobs were scarce.
Frankly, given everything EMTs and medics go through, it's unreasonable for pay to be less than $80K starting.
Just curious what's your annual call volume?