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Requirements usually depends on the department. But judging by looking at the agencies around, almost every agency has a problem with several volunteers that don't do anything. Those are called t-shirt wearers. My department requires me to respond to 20% of all calls, which is easy. They can...

Because a lot of the time the helicopter is just landing, or they are on scene already

The agency in question has one EMT Basic that responds, and when that EMT is unavailable, there ambulance is unable to respond. We are automatically on the run card because that agency has a history of not being able to staff an ambulance so all calls we have to respond as well for ALS/ILS. And...

Oregon Tech has a joint Paremedic/Bachelors program with OHSU. I heard it's an excellent program.

Thats cool. I should probably give them a copy

I've heard that the chief up there and the HEMS agency has had some conflicts in the past, but it seems to have done no good

Man that sucks, I didn't really want to make a big deal out of it. But I don't really like watching people get there lives ruined by a $20,000 bill lol

When I took my NREMT-B, I had been out of my EMT class for about 2 months. Not to mention my EMT class was a 5 week cram session, so my education was pretty much garbage. None of my instructors actually worked as EMTs, they were all corpsman. When I found out that I was taking my national, I had...

I currently work on a band aid bus that provides mutual aid to a rural Fire/EMS agency. They currently only have one Basic working so every time their tones drop, we get toned as well. So we end up taking the 30 min drive to assist them. The thing that bothers me is that they like to call for...

I mean, the only "benefit" of having experience as an AEMT is the ability to start IVs in the field. AEMTs are still BLS, I dont think that having your AEMT would be a huge plus.

First of all, physicians can't really do much in the back of the ambulance due to equipment limitations. I think that having experienced medics/nurses is acceptable. Maybe give medics more training and increasing the scope of practice (ultra sounds, chest tubes). But having a dedicated MD on an...

Our ambulance won't carry epipens due to budget issues. We get them in little viles, I was just curious because I had a peds anaphylactic patient and the SQ didnt do anything.

This may be a dumb question. But I am new to this world and have a genuine question. On our standing orders EMTs, AEMTs, and EMT-Is are only allowed to administer Epi Sub Q. Where as Medics can administer IM. I understand that IM works faster, how come it is restricted to medics? What is the...

The Oregon Tech/OHSU joing paramedic program in Portland Or. has a great reputation. It's a two year associates program with an option of getting your BS in EMS management. They are considered to be top in the state and agencies are always looking to hire graduates from the program.

I actually called that ER and asked, and yes they always have a neurosurgeon on trauma call.

Hello everyone, I'm fairly new to the EMS scene, just got my AEMT and now working on my EMT-I in the state of Oregon. I wanted to get some opinions on deciding which hospital to transport to, my agency is located in rural Oregon. The city I live in has a Level III Trauma center without a...

mine was 5 weeks. 8 hours a day. Got to love the military

Hi, I'm a volunteer Firefighter/EMT going to collage full time going through a pre-med program. Does anybody happen to know any scholarships that are for people in the volunteer fire/ems world?

Our protocols state that basics may attach a 12 lead to the pt, usually so the ER knows what isn going on as soon as we walk in. I notice that everyone is saying certain "styles" and the on scene time of 15-20mins is acceptable. So is it appropriate if I do the primary survey on scene and...

I am current college student and brand new FF/EMT-B for an all volunteer department of maybe 30 people with very limited amount of EMTs with only one ILS c I wanted to ask some questions and get some opinions from experienced people in regards to BLS. Whenever I am with another EMT, they are...