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When you're employed with an ALS ambulance company, and they only schedule you BLS shifts and one or two ALS shifts, and the ALS shifts are at a station that's lucky enough to get one call in a 12 hour period. It's like getting a job all over again; "I need to get experience, to get...

This. Precisely. Couldn't agree more.

I just looked them up. They're.... Animals. I almost can't believe that some of our Life-Savers are a pack of drama-hungry fiends. I'm so sorry you have to put up with the treatment of those fools; I'm reading what they've been lashing out at you today. And I thought I had it bad?! At least my...

Rocket Medic, thank you. That's precisely what I feel I needed to hear. What I posted was actually pretty damn generalized, without pointing fingers at any single soul I work with. But people took the generality from it, and made it personal. One Medic continues to tell me that the field "Eats...

I'm currently going through a bit of hazing at my workplace for posting online that I've decided to look for other career options outside of EMS due to what I've witnessed thus far; every Medic and EMT I've asked about making EMS a career, has either said a solid NO, or that if they could go...

I'm one shift away from completing Phase 2 of the three total phases of FTO training until being released out into the field as an unsupervised EMT. Thus far, I've been trained by two separate FTO's, and both have the same consistent attitude of demoralization and lack of positive reinforcement...

I'm actually talking about two different locations; the AMR in Visalia, and the American Ambulance in Fresno. But in general, knowing the reputation of both companies helps too.

Hey fellow EMS brethren! I'm in need of your opinions. I was just offered a position with AMR yesterday, and I have an interview with American Ambulance on the 28th. So far, I've had nothing but good experiences with AMR's employees, and I've had some fickle experiences with American Ambulance...