Recent content by BurritoEsteban

my ultimate goal would be to do be part of a SAR team for a FD. as a medic. i wanna be a medic for a FD before that though.

what would you guys recommend doing first, going through a fire academy or medic school?

thanks you guys for all the help and advice. I think ima switch over to 911 soon then I feel like I will get some more experience there than in the IFTs I'm doing right now. ill keep you posted on my status. hopefully I can switch over within 2 months

haha well i dont know yet guys, im gonnna still think about it, because my emtb skills are extremely limited and i also feel like if i worked 911 id be able to use more of them than how i do now working for IFTs which i dont use o2 on a daily basis or suction or use opa's or npa's never even had...

yea im gonna try togo fire route eventually. but after medic school i wanna work as a medic for a company that does 911 transport.

thats true but my company hired me as a driver aswell so i rarely get any patient contacts unless im paired with a driver which is willing to drive to. and the companies that do 911 around here pay less than the IFT companies. im thinking if i join a 911 company i wont be a driver right away and...

im looking for more emergency based experience with emergency personnel such as paramedics or RN's to help me a bit for medic school. at the company im working for right now its mainly discharges and dialysis calls which involve the same patient contacts everyday

ive been thinking lately a lot about switching over to a 911 company since the company i work with does pure IFT i feel like it becomes really routine compared to the different calls i would be getting if i worked for a 911 company. the reason why i wanna switch over to 911 is for the...

Haha alright thanks guys, appreciate it! I'm gonna try to enter mt sacs next session after I complete my 6 months as an EMT.

or wait, am i wrong? i cant seem to find the info stating the PTI needed you to have a fire cert to enter the program i coulda sworn i read that somewhere on their site.

thanks guys for your help! im gonna be looking into mt sacs program most likely since i dont need to have a fire cert like at PTI

Hello, I'm an EMT-B in LA county wondering which paramedic programs are around here, the only ones I've found online so far is the Daniel Freeman UCLA one and Mt. SAC. any other ones out there?? thanks for the help :D

Has anyone ever had problems getting insured by your ambulance companies insurance for being to young? I'm 18 turning 19 in September and I've had my CDL for about a year now I have no point on my driving records and the only ticket I've ever had was a street sweeper parking ticket haha.

oh alright cool thanks guys! they told me they'd call me when it goes through but I'm gonna ask them if i can go pick it up instead of having to wait for it to be mailed in since it takes longer to get it

How long does that usually take to process? I did my live scan for them today and went into the ems agency office in Santa Fe Springs. They told me that they couldn't certify me that same day because my live scan still hadn't gone through since i did it the same day.