Howdy All,

Little background here. I have a long term goal of becoming a Flight Nurse on the air ambulance service in my home town. I have just finished nursing school, got my RN and am currently working as an RN on an Intensive Care Unit.

I need about three years experience as an RN before I can apply for a flight nurse position so I have some time to get my other certifications completed. One of those is a licensed EMT-P. Here come the questions .... does the "P" stand for paramedic? Also, if I go back to school to get the EMT-P, do I then need to work as an EMT-P to keep it active? Would that be something that I would do as a volunteer at a fire department?

Honestly, I'm a bit burnt out on school so I don't have a huge desire to start back right now, but I need to be looking at the timing of things.

Thanks,
LW