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I use them every time now that we are using the X strap system with our Strikers. Before that I was not very good at using them. It was almost impossible to get a good fit on the pt.

When we started the to use the I-Gel our ET use has decreased a lot. I think the biggest reason for that is our first responders usually have an I-Gel placed. If the airway is good we leave it alone.

I worked for a place that started to require an AAS. The requirement was dropped after a couple of years when they failed to get enough medics or hired. There is even a problem getting good emts. Our area offers what I feel is a good starting wage and it keeps increasing. For some reason...

How long have colleges been offering a degree for paramedic? I got my cert. 30 years ago and I cannot think of a college that offered a degree in EMS.

I work for a metro service and a rural service in the area I live. I make seven dollars less in the rural area and you have to be on call. Most of the rural areas that I am familiar with require some on call time. The on call time seems to be a big reason some areas have a high turnover.

That's what I like about my grand kids. When they become work, I give them back. ;)

Took the medic test instead of going thru another refresher course. Stopped at 87, I passed. Happy as can be. The last time I took the test was 30 years ago.

If you are thinking of working in MN, you can also check with services in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Almost everyone is hiring.

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Good luck on the flight job. Good changes I hope. Time to slow down a little. Moved to a hobby farm, still working my first medic job in the metro. But, I also got hired by the local ambulance service. 100 miles from a trauma center or a cath lab. I've seen more helicopters in my year...

Worked my last shift yesterday for a service that I worked part time at for 29 years.

We have gone to a fluid ride system in our type 3s. It's a wonderful thing.

Our PR is mostly going to special events for show and tell. We are reminded often how we are a traveling billboard and will get a call from the director if there is a concern or complaint about us.

The same is true for Minnesota. Many placed have good starting wages and I believe if you have your National you would be good to go.

I hear of this often but I cannot not find an end date to when they will stop making the cutaway chassis.

Yes, yes, yes, they are a wonderful thing.

Yes I do. But at times it's the other way around. I am running into more pt.'s younger than me that look like crap and I began to think I have been blessed with good genetics. It's not dying that scares me. It's how I'm going to die.

I forgot how exhausting it is to FTO a new person. o_O

As sad as it is to say, a lot of depends on how well you can sell yourself to the manager. A three year person that has not work as a medic or EMT would start at the bottom. Most of the people that we hire will start at their years of experience level if they have worked .5 or better for that...

We will give year for year experience. If you have 10 years, you will start at that level.