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The particular area of austin id be working is going to be mainly transports, however AMR does operate as 911 in Milam county which is about 40-45min away from austin and he told me i could pick up shifts there whenever i wanted. Towards the end of the interview the woman said 'when can you...

Well here's what AMR told me as far as payrate goes, 12.75 an hr for an 8hr shift, buuut only 8.00hr for a 24 hr shift". And they said id be doing 24's for a while. The schedule is 24 on and 48 off. I currently make around $780-815 bi weekly at my current job. And i applied for acadian because...

Well my problem is im in a position to where i cant afford school to be a paramedic, i have rent/bills and the whole 9 yards. My current job i work as a medical officer for a jail and while its different and you get to do things that normal emt's dont get to do, you get burnt out reeeeal quick...

Howdy all, been on this forum for awhile but never really did much posting till now. I recently was offered a job at American Medical Response (AMR) in Austin, Tx and was wondering if anybody else has working for this company at any time-if so what was your experience with this company...

That helps alot. The book mentioned the trunk as well, but gave absolutly no definition to what it was.

what is the 'trunk'?

I think i got it. So lets say your shoulder is 'proximal' to your bicep but 'distal' to your elbow? In the EMT class im currently taking we went over antatomical terms loooong ago, and i dunno if i just plain wasent listening when the instructor went over this or what the deal was but we...

Hey people, new to the forum and ive got a question regarding a couple of anatomical terms that i cant quite get down. What exactly does proximal/distal infer? It explains it in my book, but even then its not very clear to me. Thanks