Recent content by Thanach

The bls exam I'm not sure, I know it involves CPR with an aed and assembling an u2 tank and bvm As for the ALS it's five scenarios in their mock ambulance sim lab type thing

They check before the offer, and as far as I'm aware it's a case by case basis depending on what it is and how lon ago it was. My best suggestion would be to be olen and upfront about it with HR

Try Cataldo, they are always hiring, it's a bit of a process, prehire testing, interview, etc... but they pay one of the highest rates in the state and treat their employees well. EasCare and Alert hire quite often Fallon has had a hiring freeze for almost a year at this point, AMR too...

I've never had an interview with them, sent them an application, but never followed up on it because I got a very good job offer from the company I'm currently with. I've heard it's tough out in the western part of the state to find anything, there's Vital in Worcester that's supposedly...

You'll need to do CPR like at your state practical, have a written test, including a map reading section. They test you on the bls albuterol neb protocols, but if you don't know it cause your last employer didn't do it just be honest and tell them that, they wont hold it against you. Good...

I'm not making excuses, nor do I feel sorry for them, they tried to do it the easy way instead of the right way and they it burned. Personally, the only way it effects me is it means there is more OT available for me

I very much wish that they would, what's even sadder is the department has less than 10 employees

Cataldo just north of Boston is always hiring medics, 2-24 hour shifts, yes, those 8 hours are paid as OT, health, dental, 401K, pretty good payscale, they get all the nice toys as they come out, and have 12 municipal contracts (they're the 911 provider to 12 cities) and ummm yup...... Yes, I...

Here's the thing, Mass has some unique rules for recerting. 1. BLS - 24 hour refresher, and 28 hours of con-ed 2. ALS - 48 hour refresher, and 25 hours of con-ed only 24 hours may be earned from M&M rounds. Not too much, and it is over a 2 year period, but it can get expensive. If you're...

You call and register, get sent an application and cori form via email, and are requested to bring that, a copy of your driving record, and all of your certifications (EMT/EMT-P, BCLS, ACLS, Drivers License) in with you on the day of testing. You'll take the test, which is VERY hard...

So, I was doing my clinicals for my paramedic. Guy gets brought in by ambulance with a GSW to the left leg. Turns out it was self inflicted, trying to get the gun out from his waistband (he had on track-pants) he shoots himself in the left thigh. Now, to add insult to injury, turns out it's...

great list, wicked funny, and, i have to add this one: Acute Reaction to Gravity = NH pt that FDGB

I can honestly say, that I am not from Boston, but about 20 miles south of the city, and I do sound much like that, the letter "R" really isn't in my vocabulary (at least in the traditional boston sense, car is pronounced as if it was spelt kah, but carrot is still carrot), and all of that...

Lucky fellahs pull-thru ED bays? must be nice, around here, everything is back it up to the doors/curb, and most of them have tiny areas without enough parking and really weird angles to back up in. Even in boston, the major trauma centers have the easiest bays to back into, and thats just...

Case in point, not even three weeks ago I went with my partner on a (supposedly) routine run to bring a little 71 year old lady back to her nursing home from dialysis. This turned into a true emergency. This dialysis center puts pt's when they are done and non-amb next to the nurses desk...