David Lee Roth Trains to Become Paramedic
 

NEW YORK (AP) - Rocker David Lee Roth, the former Van Halen frontman, is taking up a new trade.

Instead of screaming "Jump," he'll be yelling "Clear!"

Roth, 50, has been riding for several weeks with a New York ambulance crew in training to become a paramedic, The New York Post reported Tuesday.

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"I have been on over 200 individual rides now," said Roth. "Not once has anyone recognized me, which is perfect for me."

The singer, who spent a decade with Van Halen before embarking on a solo career, except a collaboration with the band for two new songs on a greatest hits album, has been riding along with crews in the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn several nights a week.

His training seems to be going well.

Several weeks ago, Roth saved the life of a heart attack victim in the Bronx by using a defibrillator.

He takes his work so seriously that he did not want publicity so that it would not "diminish what I am trying to do here." He has said that he did not want the neighborhoods he was working in named so that he would not draw attention to himself or co-workers.

"You would never know you were dealing with a rock-'n'-roll guy," said Linda Reissman, Roth's EMS consultant and tutor. "His commitment really is touching. He wants to help people."

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good for him.

Will he sing JUMP if I need to get defib'd?

Too bad he blew all of his money and is having to start a new career so late...

exactly what I was thinking.

Bozy-bozy bop, ditty-bop!

And by the way, he's gay. Worst kept secret in the business.

I was in NY for ad tech last week and he was having a drink at the hotel lounge, he was wearing is paramedics uniform, he looks really old. I had a drink with him and he told me he became a parademic because his dad's dying wish was that he be in the medical field.

There will come a day
when youth will fade away
What will they say about me?
Hey, isn't that the guy who shoved me into in the ambulance?

:glugglug

pretty funny........:321GFY

that's gotta' suck

what a dramatic career change.

A *good* paramedic with years of experience makes about $30/hour in the NY area.

At least we know he's not doing it for the money, for once. :)

God if I ever had a heart attack, it would be so awesome to have David Lee Roth to take care of me! :thumbsup

DH

Yeah DH and i'm sure he would LOVE to give you mouth to mouth...:Graucho

thats neat, good to see him doing something new

Good for him, good life experience

life change is for everyone - I hope he is digging it

Good for him!

Doesn't ANYBODY here think about what they will do 'after porn' with the money they've made? I mean, I've been saving money over the years so I can pay for college for what I REALLY want to do...ya know? I love doing what I do now...but, damn, I have a lot of higher expectations and am continuously setting myself up to make them reality in the future.

Good for you, Dave. :thumbsup

So he gets to forget the 2K plus hours of classroom time that is requried for a Paramedic and just starts riding with an EMS crew? This SOOOO screams publicity stunt, or someone forgot to tell the whole story.
A person doesn't just ride around with an ambulance for a few days and a week later gets to defib someone. It takes serious class room training, testing, OJT and committment before a person gets to this stage. Where did he do his class room time? What about state certifications? A person doesn't decide to be a paramedic one day just because their stage career is over.
:ak47:

He wants to do a "DH Reality show" :winkwink:

When OZZY came out with his shit, lots of people wanted to do the same
:2 cents:

How would you feel if you were in serious trouble and he David Lee Roth showed up to save your life? I'd be fucking terrified.

About 10 years ago I dated a girl, very nice girl but extremely, extremely stupid, just absolutely no common sense. The type of girl who would think she's locked out of a room because she tried to pull the door, when it's a push. A couple years after we broke up I saw her driving an ambulance, I couldn't fucking believe it. If her OR David Lee Roth showed up to save me, I think I'd take my chances and walk to the hospital, no matter what the injury.

the scary thing is, if people did know what areas he was riding in a as a paramedic, there's fans out there die hard enough to actually cause serious harm to themselves just hoping that he'd show up.

That's what I was thinking! How cool to regain consciouness and there's DIAMOND FUCKING DAVE working the defib on your once dead ass. What an awesome story you'd have. :glugglug

Thats funny as hell. Sounds like my ex wife. :1orglaugh

Re-fucking-lax. Just because the article doesn't mention classes surely doesn't mean he didn't take them.

good for Dave I can respect that a great deal.