Recent content by RielHalfbreed

FSM: Medicine Hat College offers a Bachelor of Applied Health Sciences in Paramedicine with only an EMR pre-requisite.

Hey IS, Well it sounds like you friend is half correct. Statistically we should be seeing larger or corporate positions when calculating these statistics though and traditionally EMS staff in Alberta do not have the same pension opportunities as civil servants or long time corporate employees...

Well IS, I'm an Ops Manager for a service in Alberta and I can tell you that hiring is slow right now in public service. Things seem to be picking up on the industrial side of things with some of the steps Ediot Stelmach has taken to encourage oil & gas exploration but certainly not to the...

You guys might be wise to ask AHASTI about their post graduation employment rates. Someone close to me recently graduated from an EMT class there and less than half the class is employed in EMS a year later. Food for thought.

I am a past graduate of AHASTI and there was a time that I had nothing but great things to say about my former school. Now from interactions with more recent graduates I find myself wondering what happened? It seems that now the school is under new ownership, a number of managers jumped ship...

You're not kidding! I've worked in a few industries and there are more drama queens and whiny little girls working in this industry than any other I've ever seen. See whining about bullying for reference...

I find that the past students with complaints about AHASTI were unprepared for the workload (it is an accelerated program), had poor study habits, or had unrealistic expectations of themslves or the program. All students are well warned before they begin the program that it is extremely intense...

A fantasticaly logical summation! B)

Actually yes. In services that charge for treatment, unpaid billing is still a key element to how your wages and income are calculated and not in the way that you suggest. Unpaid billing is charged off and used as a loss against the gross income of the service during their year end which reduces...

The thing we have to remember is our frequent callers/situations are the ones that ultimately pay the bills. My medics get paid because we get paid and we get paid by the people who call us (or their insurance companies). So next time a patient that you think is non critical is getting to you...

Try Caroline Ambulance service, they hire EMRs. I think the daily stipend is $110/day. It's alright to get some experience.

Agreed, treat your symptoms regardless of indicated injury/illness. 3bpm requires bagging.

Most recent one of me just hangin out...

Get real, there was no such insinuation. Caroline Kennedy prior to removing her name from the new york senate race displayed the small butterfly tattoo'd on the inside of her arm: “I’m thinking about getting a tat of Reagan’s face,” said Congressman John Shadegg, “Nothing too outlandish...