https://www.facebook.com/IndianapolisEMS/photos/a.196730553697082.36758.174577055912432/1116231178413677/?type=3&theater
IEMS is having a medic-only academy class in the fall.
Read the rest of the article here:
http://www.wkyt.com/content/news/Man-accused-of-burglarizing-McKinney-EMS-station-assaulting-EMS-personnel--368884561.html
http://www.channel3000.com/news/Man-whose-parents-died-hours-apart-sues-ambulance-company/36682200
A son is suing Ryan Ambulance in Madison after his parent died due to injuries sustained while riding as an unrestrained non-patient passenger in an ambulance.
I'm not a big fan of non-patient...
http://www.wthr.com/story/29776423/man-drives-car-off-roof-of-downtown-eli-lilly-building
Guy drives his car off the top of a building downtown. Taken to a level 1 trauma center, apparently going to be ok, despite his apparent best efforts to the otherwise.
For the second time in less than a year, IEMS has an ambulance stolen. Last time it was an ambulance in a hospital bay, this time the ambulance was stolen by an unruly PT during transport.
http://wishtv.com/2015/06/13/man-apprehended-after-stealing-ambulance/
IEMS is having another hiring process:
Link to application site: https://www.healthcaresource.com/wishard/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.categoryList&template=dsp_job_categories.cfm
IEMS FB page: https://www.facebook.com/IndianapolisEMS?fref=ts
Indianapolis EMS shared a link.
November 21
Indianapolis EMS will conduct preliminary screening (written testing) for full time EMT positions on Saturday 06 December 2014 at 0900 hours (check-in begins at 0800) and Monday 08 December 2014 at 1800 hours (check in begins at 1700 hours). We are...
http://gawker.com/dog-hitches-ride-on-the-side-of-an-ambulance-to-stay-wi-1659186590?utm_campaign=socialflow_gawker_facebook&utm_source=gawker_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
A patient's little pet beagle rode shotgun on the side of an ambo before being discovered and brought inside to ride...
http://www.wthr.com/story/26661473/2014/09/30/ambulance-stolen-on-citys-east-side
IEMS Medic 44 was stolen from the bay at Community East just after 0600 this morning. All IEMS ambulances are equipped with GPS tracking, and the ambulance was located after a brief police chase/search. Thief had...
http://www.theindychannel.com/lifestyle/health/aeds-little-known-seen
Very good article talking about the ease of use of AEDs and promoting general public use.
American Airlines put them on airplanes in 1995. If memory serves correctly the first life saved by an AA AED was an AA pilot.
I'm very excited to have received a call today that I passed the written test portion of the interview process for the IEMS... and onto the skills/scenario portion on Wed.
Any advice? Particular things to watch out for or be careful of?
About 100 people showed up for the two written...
Done with my semester-long EMT-B class at Ivy Tech, finished with an overall A for the class :)
Passed the state practical yesterday, all 7 skills passed on the first try! w00t! :D
Next up, the state written and the NREMT written.
I'm in the Indy area and will be finishing EMT class at Ivy Tech (Lawrence) and testing for my EMT-B in May.
In planning ahead to jobs after certification I'm curious if there are any other Indy locals who can comment on the pay rates and hours/schedules of some of the Indy area operators...
An IEMS (Wishard Hospital, they do the Indianapolis 911 calls) EMT died last night when the ambulance he was driving was struck by a car. The Paramedic riding with him is in critical condition...