Exactly.
Don't do the class if you have grand ideas of joining. Send your $1600 in to Hatzala instead. If you have other "use" for it, go for it! And after if you get in good, if not, good.
Main reason I would take the EMT course would be for my own sake, kwowing the basics which is an amazing thing to know, and who knows where it will come to use one day.
Always had the want to know all the basic medical stuff, so starting with a basic EMT course for me is a win win.
All I was saying that I wonder how many people would want to take an EMT course due to what they saw, being that someone in the medical field can accomplish and help out others his whole life, as well it's importance if God forbid needed, and your the only one around.
For all I know I would take it a step further and become a paramedic or even a PA..
You got to start somewhere..