"Would seeking some nurse training be better than going the EMS / paramedic route?"

"EMT is good, medic and nursing is a little much unless its your career choice. "

"Yeah, here is a more opinionated message than my last.

EMT's know little. They are very very useful and can save lives with an ambulance and all the right equipment. It would not take all that long to become one and in the practical world if your looking for something to do on the side (which is the vibe I got from you) then this is perfect.

Paramedics and Nurses have to know a lot of information, a wide portion of it being forgotten after the courses are finished and they become real medics/nurses in the field. Reading ECGs, knowing what meds to give in certain type of irregular heart rhythms, shock, or even how to handle Anaphylactic emergencies or more complicated things like accessing a central venous catheter would all be fairly useless in the zombie world. Sure knowing good CPR would be fun and all, but you have bigger problems.

I think if you want survival med skills you need to find a different course other than the classic EMS route. But thats also not the vibe im getting from you.

If you want to be a beneficial member to your local area in the chance of a large emergency being a EMT is the way to go. Its the cheapest and fastest. I wont say easiest because they are all difficult in certain ways. EMT's do more than medical things. You would learn about the EMS system, how the chain of command works, and be able to help keep things moving and be that extra man power needed in a local disaster.

If you want to be a medical person in a post apocalyptic world, go be a medical volunteer in some place like Africa! Haha you will learn how to handle medical emergencies with little equipment fairly fast. Im still considering doing something like that myself. "