Paramedic Pay SoCal Area?

[brooks08]

I'm a EMT now, how much can I expect to get paid once I belome a Paramedic in the LA Area?

 

[TransportJockey]

Hosemonkey or private ambulance? Cause that's a big difference.

 

[brooks08]

Private Ambulance while i'm waiting for Fire Dept's to start hiring.

 

[CAOX3]

Well from the fifty-thousand or so threads I have read on the subject, about five bucks an hour.

 

[terrible one]

Well from the fifty-thousand or so threads I have read on the subject, about five bucks an hour.

LOL!

pretty close, depending on the company anywhere from $10-$18/hr hope you like running IFTs all day

 

[MedJPavlo]

LOL!

pretty close, depending on the company anywhere from $10-$18/hr hope you like running IFTs all day

+1

and to OP your better off being a hose-dragger. There are so little amount of private ambulances that run fire calls. Now if you were a medic now, you could get a job at AMR NoHo or LA county McCormick RIGHT NOW. theyre desperate for new hire medics. oh well :glare:

 

[socalmedic]

+1

and to OP your better off being a hose-dragger. There are so little amount of private ambulances that run fire calls. Now if you were a medic now, you could get a job at AMR NoHo or LA county McCormick RIGHT NOW. theyre desperate for new hire medics. oh well :glare:

even amr NoHo and McCormick Medics dont run 911 often. AMR is IFT only unless covering antelope valley. McCormick ALS is primary IFT and can jump a 911 from time to time, but they still have to be EMT-B on scene unless the fire medic asks them to do als.

 

[MedJPavlo]

even amr NoHo and McCormick Medics dont run 911 often. AMR is IFT only unless covering antelope valley. McCormick ALS is primary IFT and can jump a 911 from time to time, but they still have to be EMT-B on scene unless the fire medic asks them to do als.

I understand that, which is why i told him to be a firefighter. I work for AMR NoHo and well aware that we never run 911 from that station.

 

[jgmedic]

commute to the IE or Ventura and be a 911 medic.

 

[MedJPavlo]

commute to the IE or Ventura and be a 911 medic.

AMR Ventura :drool:

 

[TheyCallMeNasty]

yea i did a ride along with the AMR rancho medic/emt rig and they ran 9 911 calls in one 12 hour shift

 

[socalmedic]

i dont think i get 9 calls in a week.

 

[clibb]

i dont think i get 9 calls in a week.

Really?

We run about 9-15 911 calls on a normal 12 hour shift with a couple transfers (which we hate to do). On busy nights it's between 15-20 This is in Colorado though...

Do you do IFT only?

 

[jgmedic]

yea i did a ride along with the AMR rancho medic/emt rig and they ran 9 911 calls in one 12 hour shift

What area, that's pretty busy, my record in a 12 is 14 transports.(all 911)

 

[socalmedic]

no, all 911. slow area, I work for a private industrial company who has an onsite Fire/EMS Dept. I am currently looking to move anywhere I can (preferably out of state). I feel my skill meter draining on every call, we drill all we can but i just don't see enough patients for a new medic. we average 2-4 calls per shift, one is usually a "hazard investigation" with the other three medical. usually an AMA or BLS. here we have the freedom to send them to urgent care, and they pick up the patient.