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As most people know, Hall and American have multiple paramedic openings. Both are excellent companies to work for. However, some people do not have the ability to move to start working 12s in a metro system. For those people who are unable to move, there is one other option in the county just...

There have been some big changes in Tulare County recently. AMR Tulare County closed down at the beginning of September. Consequently, the other providers have had to handle the increased call volume. Combine that with the all ready high call volume and, as a result, there are multiple job...

****Rant Ahead**** It seems that as societal morality is in a downward spiral, EMS at times gets dragged into it as well with regards to our attitudes. I have seen a disturbing trend recently with young, EMS providers who either lose their sense of compassion quickly or never had one to begin...

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-0607-compton-aed-20150707-story.html Compton FD (an ALS transporting agency) had 17 out of their 74 firefighters have their EMS cert lapse. The local EMS agency pulled off all the AEDs on the engines and trucks meaning the only defib ability is on...

Where I work, the CCEMSA region in Central California, who actually has had a relatively progressive selective spinal immobilization protocol for years even though they area in CA has further changed their trauma protocol. As of January 1, all rigid C collars are being taken off the ambulances...

Recently, my company started issuing all the paramedics their own gear. They had always issued us our own portable radio and narcotics which we keep in a personal safe at the station. Recently, they gave us each our own ALS jump bag which contains all our medications, our intubation kit, trauma...

I know a lot of the threads on this board dealing with EMS/ER relationships are complaints and about issues of unprofessional behavior. I understand there are systems where this is commonplace. Where I work, EMS and the ER, despite being completely separate entities, are more like a family and...

I realize this may offend people. This is not my intention. I want to get people thinking, especially new paramedics looking for their first job. Especially in SoCal, we all know IFT companies pay more for medics and are closer to the population centers. A lot of new medics will take jobs that...

I know we all talk about the BS calls. But what about the flip side? Recently, I had a patient who was auto ped at a decent speed. Patient was thrown probably 10 feet. Patient then hit their head on the curb. We find the patient supine in the road lying in a pool of blood (probably 300cc)...

I know there have been numerous threads about staging/waiting for law enforcement, they types of calls we stage on and other issues regarding scene safety. My question is, have any of you out there had issues on a regular basis with people lying to 911 to not get law enforcement out there when...

I do not want to come across as condescending or as a know it all, and if I do, then I am sorry. However, it seems that almost every day there is a thread on here from someone in SoCal (LA/OC mainly) who really wants to get into EMS, run 911, get experience, see crazy things, ect. However...