Recent content by Woodtownemt

After 12 years in health care, 7 being on a rig and the last 3 in one of the busiest Er in the nation. I finally had to throw in the towel. Took a pay cut and went on countless interviews taking almost a year to land an office position. I went years being burnt out but to the point where I...

+1. I totally agree. Sometimes people get caught up in going to the next step because the social perception of having to go from point A to point B is expected. When I was in the field I always felt that I was expected to get my P-card. The reaction from others once they found out I was still...

Years ago I worked with a few medics and EMTs that did something like what you seek. I'm not sure if it was a one off thing or common practice but I knew of some guys who traveled quite a bit with in the AMR network. From what I recall they would pretty much go to any AMR operation that was...

Granted. I just think seeing what the OC “has to offer” in regards to ALS protocols painted a better picture of what LA Co medics have or not have in their tool box. We all know these counties to be wastelands when it comes to medics being medics lol. Just want the OP to get a decent prospective...

All input is good input. No reason to be spicy. Some one made mention of Kern county and did not receive such slack for that. I don’t see why OC should. I’m sure the more the OP sees what LA Co has to offer the more they will branch out. Given that OC can be closer to LA depending where you are...

You can also look into Bound Tree University. They offer some free CE’s as well.

PRN pay is starfard in that they don't pay too much. They have ads on CL that state EMT pay tops at 19.32 BUT the fine print states it with OT included which means you actually get paid like 12.88 per hour (12.88 x 1.5= 19.32). Sneaky to say the least. In reality they pay less then their...

On another not I always got a kick out of transporting a psych Pt from St Francis ED to around the building to the psych unit after hours.

I personally enjoyed IFT. I was never one to kid myself about the nature of the beast. Truth is we all have to pay our dues one way or another. Don't get me wrong I enjoy flashy lights and all but the truth is it increases our chances of getting hit or crashing. 911 is good as far acclimating...

i am not familiar with SD United but there was a LA united that was pretty shady. From my understanding they took over name from original United EMS from 80-90's. Beware if they are owned by guy named Rodney. Or if they have a supervisor named Kevin who insist to go by rank of Captain. They had...

When I use to work out in the field and would run in to Americare crews the conversations usually involved a lot of venting. Common issues were emt pay, run down equipment I.e. I talk to one crew who were pissed off because they had to run calls in a box with no AC and visible dents and missing...

Podcast EM clerkship podcast i believe have some thing similar but more from the receiving end. Some do have actual call in while other episodes have the MD summing up a pt. Good thing is super short and to the point if your looking to hear something quick on your break.

Oh did they also happen to throw in a p.a. system with headsets like city RA's? lol

Are these gonna be the standard for all units in the near future? That would make 24's just a tiny bet better.

Completely off topic but I was curious as to how long each service bar represents as far as Years employed?