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I didn't say "inaccessible". I just said someone should have to go out of their way, and make a conscious decision to search for and find that information independently. As for home to dialysis calls, the patient's case manager at the dialysis facility or managed care network should be making...

Print or online directories is another matter. What ought to be curtailed is advertising directed specifically at the public (i.e. posting contact info on units, distributing materials directly to lay non-healthcare providers, television/radio commercials, etc.). The point is, someone should...

Well, firstly no one said anything about it being immoral. There is an important distinction between law and morality. More important though, is it has that effect regardless of whether or not it's intended. It happens around here all the time. People call our dispatch center all the time...

Not only is it extremely tacky, but it ought to be illegal.

I'm a Mt. SAC grad. You cannot work while attending that program. It's Monday-Friday, 0800-1700. Sometimes you have Wednesdays off...emphasis on sometimes. Even if you could somehow manage a work schedule on top of the academic schedule, the school itself will not allow you to work while...

Here ya go British Columbia Alberta Yukon - Good luck with this one Saskatchewan Manitoba Ontario Quebec - Hope you speak French Newfoundland and Labrador - This one looks like a hassle too New Brunswick Northwest Territories Nova Scotia It's amazing what you...

UK Paramedic Clinical Practice Guidelines In the US scope of practice varies according to state and local precepts.

Just make EMS a state-level agency and keep FD local. This spreads the risk levels out in a more even fashion and takes advantage of a wider revenue pool to help equalize costs and disparities in access to services.

Whoa, yeah missed that one. And yeah...that doesn't make any sense.

I suppose this question is directed more towards California providers. I've been looking at Emergency-1 Response lately. They are a special event standby company that does not transport (at least I believe they don't). I don't know much about them though, so does anyone have any intel?

Another thing to consider (in addition to everything others have said) is the fact that Daniel Freeman is not officially affiliated with UCLA and is not on UCLA's campus or anywhere near it. It's actually located in the city of Inglewood which, if you're not from southern California, is not a...

My company does not offer 401k matching...or anything remotely similar. If it did I would definitely use it, but I am relegated to outside investment.

Not so much taxis, but as others have said cops park in the ambulance bays all the time. One of the primary hospitals I transport to/from has a major problem with the staff parking their personal vehicles there too. :glare:

Well color me shocked, but I actually agree with you Looker. Albeit, for entirely different reasons. Guaranteed issue is not going to drive up adverse selection to unsustainable levels. Sure, a large segment of the population are estimated to not comply with the new law, but so what? That's the...

An example of what? I'm not understanding what you're trying to say here. For the same reason you aren't allowed to call a private security firm if someone rapes you or you're not allowed to call a private fire suppression company if your house is on fire. Such services are part of the public...

I think the paramedic curriculum could accommodate significant expansion if it were spread out over an additional 2 academic years. Beyond that a broader foundational education could turn the role of Paramedic into a much more versatile one. As POC diagnostic technology continues to progress...

NPOs are more efficient in that there's less administrative overhead, and the burden of executive salaries is virtually nonexistent. All revenue generated above base operating costs is reinvested into the community/organization and not put in somebody's investment portfolio. And the US...

This is what EMS has been for years. It has not succeeded transitioning EMS into an actual profession. This is an incredibly arrogant statement to make, based on flawed thinking and hasty generalizations. Sure, there are incompetent nurses but I would be loath to apply that descriptor to nurses...

This is precious. Like the august Smash asked, what comes first? How is the proportionate salary increase supposed to unfold? Do you expect someone else to just magically force employers to start paying their providers more if they have a degree? It doesn't work that way, unfortunately. It...

It's this mentality right here that totally takes the wind out of the sails of any movement to turn EMS into some semblance of a profession. I have difficulty understanding the notion that any suggestion of increasing education standards is fruitless because even after that "we're still not...