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In Ohio, for a private service, its easy. I was hired on one AS I WAS FILLING OUT THE APP! They sent me for a background check, drug screen and physical the same day. I didnt take that job because the pay rate was all over the place and depended on your posting and if you worked 12 or 24 hour...

Polygraph tests should not be used for employment purposes. They are just plain crap. I had to lie to help the examiner calibrate it. Then he asked me the same questions..lol. I remember one BS question. "Have you ever stolen from an employer?" Of course my answer was no. He then clarified, "not...

Were not allowed to stop once in transit with a patient aboard and we dont always have the luxury of a medic to push drugs. In this case, we were a BLS truck (2 EMT-B's aboard). 12-24 hours? What the...? How does that work??

I realize that manufacturers like Stryker and Ferno do not make stretchers for long-distance comfort. How do you keep your patients comfortable during a long-distance transport? We had a 400 lb bariatric female the other day for a 2+ hour drive to a nursing/rehab facility. I was in what we call...

I do not want to use my cell phone any more then I have to. There are times I have to use it for GPS. I had to raise my plan (which raises my bill) due to this to find facilities because this place doesnt have GPS systems in the trucks to help us. When I upgraded to iOS 11, my battery has never...

The problem with that, and I forgot to mention this earlier, is that there is only one cell phone per truck. That phone gets passed around like a football between crew members and like other cell phones, the battery will die if you dont charge it. Those chargers are in dispatch and may not leave...

The reason they call the building is because some of the crews leave the cell phone (forget the model, its a flip phone with a PTT feature) on the truck or out in the dayroom so it is not always at the bed side. Some wouldnt hear it due to people changing the ring tone on it anyhow. They WILL...

I work in private EMS and work 24 hour shifts. Our building and the one where dispatch is in is separated by a parking lot. So, at night, the page will go to the trucks cell phone and the dispatcher will call in to sleeping quarters. Who ever answers the phone has to wake up the crew he wants to...

I have the 5.11 TacLite EMS pants. Love them!

I can understand your frustration. I have been an EMT-B since April.Though I have been with my Fire Dept for about 2.5 years and learning EMS in the meantime, I just started with a private EMS company. I can not find one happy person there, unless you are management. Pay for a Paramedic is about...