Recent content by sean818

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't the Central Valley actually in northern California? I have a teaching job lined up in Los Angeles County which is why I wanted to stay within the neighboring counties.

Good afternoon. I am looking at employment in the different AMR divisions listed in the title however AMR never seems to post their pay rates with their job listings. I'm wondering if anyone could shed some light on paramedic starting pay for those areas as well as any other good things to know...

Just a quick scenario question. If you came on scene to find a trauma patient in shock, with an obvious femur fracture, would you take the time to apply traction splint before spinal immobilization and transport? Or would you skip the splint, jump straight to transport, and let the hospital deal...

Lol, I honestly wouldn't expect much more from california. Seems to be the most ***-backwards state in existence

Thank you for clarifying everybody that makes alot more sense than what I was thinking. My teacher made it very clear to never choose a hospital based on insurance and definitely never to mention the insurance to the hospital that you plan on transporting to but I guess that would mainly apply...

This is exactly what's confusing me. Isn't it illegal to choose a hospital based on insurance, whether or not the patients stable? Unless of course the patient requests a certain hospital

A question reagrding policy 502 Can anyone elaborate on 'principle 3' of policy 502, specifically in regards to EMTALA. Principle 3 states that "The most appropriate receiving facility for a patient may be the health facility which is affiliated with their health plan." I'm very new to EMS...

Just checked the registry and my name is up! Took two weeks and one day from the day I mailed it and exactly two weeks from when my live scan cleared. I also woke up to an email from impulse ambulance wanting to schedule an interview so everything came together nicely. The last thing I have to...

Doing my best! lol. The first two weeks actually flew by, still counting the hours until I'm certified though. I got my ambulance drivers cert from the DMV which was the biggest pain in the *** imaginable. I had to break out the CA vehicle code multiple times and point out to them how redundant...

Hey everyone, this is my first time posting, nice to meet everyone in advance. I recently took an emt-b class at my local community college and passed the national registry. I sent my application packet to the la county ems agency on monday(its friday now) and I'm curious as to how long it has...