They just opened Advanced EMT in AZ. I figured I wasn't working enough and had a few spare hours of free time each month so... I doubt I will ever go to Paramedic as it just doesn't fit with my "prepper" mentality. Most of what we can do as an Advanced EMT here is what we are already doing as EMTs anyway as our medical control is big on giving us the tools and training for working in the sticks where a hospital can be an hour away by boo boo bus, and a trauma center 45 minutes away... by chopper.
I tend to prefer the training and skills where you are not getting to go to a hospital... and most paramedic stuff, if you are not going to get to a hospital, you are most likely not going to make it. Too many hours of training for that that I just don't have the desire to do right now. Top the HDS stuff on top of it and it is just too much for an old fart.
I'm actually at quarters right now on a 96 hour shift. Just got back from an MVA on I-10. I'll get off work Thursday morning at 0800, go to school from 0900-1700 Thursday, then go to HDS on Friday, then back at work on Saturday for a 48 hour shift finishing up on Monday at 0800, then back in class Monday morning... shall I go on? LOL! Only two weeks of class left thank goodness. Oh, and I work 100 miles from home, so there is that commute too.