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Tigger

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Indeed, but our doc does not like it at all. I treated some paroxysmal Vtach with it last year and never heard the end of it. Not sure why it was in the guidelines if I was just going to continue to get reamed over the course of several case reviews for it.
 

Carlos Danger

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Indeed, but our doc does not like it at all. I treated some paroxysmal Vtach with it last year and never heard the end of it. Not sure why it was in the guidelines if I was just going to continue to get reamed over the course of several case reviews for it.
I suppose that's his prerogative, but…..the drug has so many uses and is so safe, and so cheap……why would anyone dislike lido? Seems very shortsighted.
 

MonkeyArrow

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When you send out a polite text on the agency group text to remind people not to put the lidocaine premixes on the fluid warmer next to the same size LR bags and the medical director sees and takes away lidocaine drips... ruh roh.
 

CALEMT

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Gathering up my CE's to get ready to recert my State paramedic license and my NRP... 2 years sure flew by...
 

PotatoMedic

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Turn that frown upside down! You'll do fine. Just relax. What's the worst that happens. They don't offer a job. It sucks... But it isn't the end of the world.
 

DragonClaw

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I couldn't find an apprehensive face.

I'm happy. But. I'm also a little jittery.

They told me they couldn't get me an interview on short notice. Then the next day he said he talked to his people and we could do it Thursday.

I'm chomping at the bit.
 

RocketMedic

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Who with?
 

PotatoMedic

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RocketMedic

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@RocketMedic isn't that your stomping grounds?
Si.

So, both are good organizations for new providers. My LJ data is a few years out of date, but I’ve heard it has improved since the last director left. LJ is a small organization, but their volume is steady and they’re an organization that prides themselves on the relentless pursuit of perfection, personal development, etc. Also wasn’t much drama when I worked there on my shift, it was excellent. A great place in my opinion. The only reasons I left were a lack of desire to get tied down there, inability to square my work obligations with the demands and schedules of higher education (the Master’s degree) and the last director was extremely....challenging to work with. They do 911 for the city of Lake Jackson and pretty frequent mutual aid to surrounding, IFTs and standbys. Think it’s 3 trucks now.

Cypress Creek is a good organization for a new field employee, and if you keep a highly positive mindset AND “drink the Kool-Aid” it’s a good place with ample opportunities for professional development, including a competitive paramedic school in house. However, it is a busy stand-up 24-hour shift, and I personally had significant safety concerns with their 24s because they’re perpetually exhausting. Creek is very cliquish too, so there isn’t a whole lot of opportunity to progress if you somehow get ‘on the radar’.

Lake Jackson is better than Creek in my opinion.
 

DragonClaw

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Si.

So, both are good organizations for new providers. My LJ data is a few years out of date, but I’ve heard it has improved since the last director left. LJ is a small organization, but their volume is steady and they’re an organization that prides themselves on the relentless pursuit of perfection, personal development, etc. Also wasn’t much drama when I worked there on my shift, it was excellent. A great place in my opinion. The only reasons I left were a lack of desire to get tied down there, inability to square my work obligations with the demands and schedules of higher education (the Master’s degree) and the last director was extremely....challenging to work with. They do 911 for the city of Lake Jackson and pretty frequent mutual aid to surrounding, IFTs and standbys. Think it’s 3 trucks now.

Cypress Creek is a good organization for a new field employee, and if you keep a highly positive mindset AND “drink the Kool-Aid” it’s a good place with ample opportunities for professional development, including a competitive paramedic school in house. However, it is a busy stand-up 24-hour shift, and I personally had significant safety concerns with their 24s because they’re perpetually exhausting. Creek is very cliquish too, so there isn’t a whole lot of opportunity to progress if you somehow get ‘on the radar’.

Lake Jackson is better than Creek in my opinion.

I didn't get the job with LJ. I got an email on the way to another interview that said I had an "exceptional" interview, but they chose someone else. So I'm not sure what I did wrong or how I could have been better. I want to ask, but I'm not sure how professional it is.
 

Akulahawk

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I didn't get the job with LJ. I got an email on the way to another interview that said I had an "exceptional" interview, but they chose someone else. So I'm not sure what I did wrong or how I could have been better. I want to ask, but I'm not sure how professional it is.
It very well could be that you didn't do anything wrong, but perhaps someone else was simply a better candidate, a better "fit" for what they were looking for.
 
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