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how about recieving a call from another services to cover there area because there truck is out of service or out on a call. they usually let us know and then the calls just start rolling in. last tuesday we covered for them because there truck broke down for about 2 hours we did 4 calls in...

mountain home AR. but i work in salem ar for fulton county hospital ambulance. and im looking at getting a job in west plains MO. as soon as i get my MO state license back which should be here within the next week. that company is called south howell county ambulance

you know i dont think i would want to work in EMS if i had to work a 12 hour shift or an 8 hour shift. i know one thing is for sure is that we dont get paid enough to work 12's or 8's now if i would have taken the job at acaidain i would have been making 11.20 an hour working 12's now thats...

hey guys as we all know its that time of year that prom comes around and for some it has already come or is only a week away. with prom there is usually an after prom party of some sort were the kids go and hang out with there friends and sometimes there is alcohol involved and then they go and...

well i had my first experience with this one on monday. we went for breakfast at our normal place we go to. actually the only place we go to unless its fast food. lol. we ordered our food and went about our normal stuff talking and that sort of thing the food comes out. i get my fork out...

i couldnt agree with you more lol its not like were over paid or anything like that:P

laying down in bed just having that feeling your gonna get a call as soon as you doze off. and after not being able to fall asleep after about an hour or 2 because of it you finally get comfortable and the phone rings you got a call usually at 2 in the morning. or not knowing any better like...

now the service i work for isnt a very busy service. now im looking at getting on with another service part time here in the next week or so and they only work a 24 hr shift and they stay pretty busy. i dont think i would want to work a 48 or 72 and get an average of 12 calls a day. yea i...

well normally we only work 48 hour shifts but i had to cover for a guy. so i was there 72 fri sat sunday and went home monday mornig. now in those 3 days i think we did a dozen calls. but i also help out in the ER a lot last night i didnt go to bed till midnight because the ER was slammed well...

what is so wrong with working a 24-72 hour shift. why is everyone SOOOOOO against it. you guys act like its some bad thing

in our state it is illegal to smoke on hospital property, its something like a 500,000 fine to the hospital and some sort of fine to the person breaking the law. i now work for a hospital service, and they just recently came up with a new policy that says the only way you can smoke is by...

Moderator SPLIT THREAD for discussion of 24+ hour shifts. Taken from http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?p=74834 (Moderator Edit, Full post at above link)...now thankfully i dont smoke, but i dont think its fair because nurse's and other hospital staff are allowed to "clock out" and smoke...

OMG you dont know how bad you had me going my heart like sank lol i was like WTF did i do lol good one though i would love to know how you scripted this!!!!!!

thank you very much that information helps a lot. that is exactly what i was looking for now what ever else you can tell me about the company is great and that includes everyone else. again thank you for the info.

i havent gotten the job yet. im thinking i have a fairly good chance because the recruiter is already talking about were he would be sending me. i just want to know what people know about the company. i do know that they have several openings. so i think i stand a pretty good chance. i do...

does no one know anything about acadian ambulance they are mainly located in Louisiana. they also have some bases in mississippi and texas and contract with some offshore rigs. i just want to know if anyone has an opinion about them or what they have heard.

hey guys i might be taking a job with acadian ambulance. and relocating to were they want me. i was wondering if anyone knows anything about the company. i know the company looks wonderful beyond wonderful. everything ive read and watched about the company is just amazing. they seem to have top...

oh your just jealous that your service doesnt have as nice of rigs as lee county does. i know im jealous lol. im stuck driving dodge sprinters biggest pieces of crap. they should be illegal to have as ambulances

yeah i didnt mean to jump you or anything like that just going with what i knew. now thats a good point about what would happen if the lights were removed because i know a couple people who joined just to be able to go fast and go woo woo with there hair on fire. now dont get me wrong i love...

i think you run the chance of getting yourself in trouble at somepoint with that attitude. because not every "cop" or some one in LE is in uniform or in a marked car. for example detectives are usually in an unmarked car with there uniform only consisting of a badge on the hip and a gun on the...