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I had to take a written when I got hired in the summer of 2016. I thought the test was a little bit of a joke because it had a bunch of outdated/non county related questions like you said and the rest of the material was easy enough. Maybe I just don’t know when you reclassed.

When I walked in I was told “we’re going to hire you, I just have to ask you these questions first.”

Can I work there? But in all seriousness, coachella and stagecoach are something I look forward to all year. It’s a great way for new EMT’s to get into the EMS world. The work is fun and you get to meet a lot of great people and learn a lot. You’ll be working along side paramedics that work in...

Reckelss also works a little different in Ca. If I wrote somebody for reckless I would have to do some actual paperwork writing about what I saw instead of just writing a ticket. Most officers I’ve talked to write wreckless for 3 separate moving violations in quick succession. That being said...

Have I done my retarded air horn/wail combo with you were I just laugh the whole way to a call?

The air horn is technically not an approved tone in California for emergency vehicles per the CA Vehicle Code. That being said, I loved the air horn on my old work motorcycle. It worked much better than the siren for getting people's attention and with the speaker being mounted about 3 feet from...

The eagle is what I have issued at work and I like it over what we had previously. Mine has CEP which I prefer over ANR if you have the choice. I can wear it for hours on end in flight, on the ground, through hoists, and take it off when we land later and it has never given me trouble comfort...

Yes, by quite a bit. I've driven my share of police vehicles (crown Vic's, 2013+ explorers, expeditions, chargers, Several different BMW motorcycles, and even the Harley's) for patrol/enforcement purposes. I feel much more comfortable driving/riding any of these compared to a vanbulance or a mod...

You and me both. My FTO at my ems job was scared to let me drive before I ever got behind the wheel. Plus, medic school is super scientifically proven to make you worse at driving an ambulance. I agree with that for some departments. One in prticular out where I work I avoid like the plague...

This. I love this.

Either don't break the rules or know how to get out of a speeding ticket.

Hi there, I have been summoned. As @DesertMedic66 said, I'm the resident CHP officer/paramedic. I assume I have the job you're asking about. We have roughly 50 medics statewide within our department. All but 3-4 of those spots are assigned to our Air Operations program as flight...

I do exactly this. All but one of our 8 air units across the state are what we call "Regional Programs" where we do the normal airborne law enforcement stuff as well as SAR/Medevac. Our one unit that doesn't do the SAR/medevac is in the Los Angeles area and are referred to as a Metro Program...

I guess we don't quite have that problem and don't have the related viewpoint. I'm part of the state police out here in CA and fly as a single paramedic. We operate as a kind of auxiliary air transport/S&R out here and specifically don't do IFTs so no vents/pumps. From what I've heard for what...

Last time I had to sit on one it was real simple stuff. Tech came by for a 12 lead and some bandaids got put on the small puncture wounds. I don't remember any blood work being done. Occasionally if we aren't able to get the probes out in the field they'll pull them at the hospital and on the...

My department says we're allowed to remove probes. We're even instructed on how to do it at our academy during our initial Taser training. Even with being able to remove the probes we still have to take the person to a local hospital and burden them with an ok to book. The trip to the hospital...