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  1. Sultan of Swing

    EMS Saints...?

    I know there's decent arguments to be made for St. Luke, St. Michael, St. Jude, and St. Albert the Great. I have absolutely zero theological basis for my preference for St Michael, other than I've found EMS specific St. Michael medals out there. Google "St Michael EMS Medal" or "St Michael EMT...
  2. Sultan of Swing

    Stepping into the future, backwards

    In simple free market terms, you're right. When demand outstrips supply prices, or in this case, wages, should increase until things are in equilibrium. But EMS does not exist in a vacuum. Medicaid/medicare/insurance reimbursement rates, coupled with the fact that EMS is a service made...
  3. Sultan of Swing

    Stepping into the future, backwards

    I'm a brand new basic, so my experience could charitably be called "limited". Having said that: I've already noticed there are techs and medics who treat EMS as a profession and those who don't. Those who do take pride in the quality of care they provide and take it upon themselves to...
  4. Sultan of Swing

    The Official EMTLIFE Introduction Thread

    New (Again) Hey y'all. I'm a brand new EMT-B about to start working for a private service, mostly IFTs but we do have several 911 contracts in the area and are the primary backup for the major municipal EMS service in town, so there's enough EMS calls to keep things interesting. I was...
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