With beautiful back roads and a wonderful climate, Northern California is a natural environment for the motorcycle enthusiast. Its hard to avoid the allure of riding a two-wheeled wonder through the canyons and twisty forest roads during a beautiful Sunny day. However being that Northern California is a haven for motorcycle enthusiasts, crashes and accidents are inevitable.

The likelihood of injury is extremely high in these motorcycle accidents, more than 95% of accidents result in some kind of injury to the motorcycle rider, and of that, 45% resulted in more than a minor injury. With the increase of popularity of motorcycles will mean the increase the number of accidents as well. With these alarming motorcycle statistics one can only wonder what the can do to help.

Luckily, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment of EMT’s and paramedics will increase by 59,000 new jobs between 2002 and 2012, an estimated growth rate of 33 percent. By becoming an EMT you can help those that are destined to become hurt with their motorcycle follies. This job is especially important since 50% of all paramedics often have to travel to back roads in the country to retrieve fallen riders and are extremely vital to their survival. For more information about becoming a paramedic visit our EMT and Paramedic training information page.

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