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    Active knifer on Taiwan

    The NEWS is in Traditional Chinese http://www.ettoday.net/news/20140521/359681.htm?from=fb_et_share 2014-05-21 17:00 (GMT+8) Active knifer incident happened in an MRT station in Banqiao, New Taipei City, Taiwan. :sad: The guy is about 20 yr. old, holding a balisong, and stab everyone...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    The Work Hour This topic is probably in greatest concern, I'm also curious about working hours of EMS personnel all over the world. About the (crazy) working hour for firefighter/EMS worker in Taiwan, our total stand-by working hour is mainly 48 hours, then comes a 24hrs day off and the...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    Yes,the reading is 100% right, in fire dept., pay for EMT-1 = for EMT-2 = EMT-P, and even equal to special SAR team members with EMT-p license. Ah, I forgot this important information, thanks for mention. The total number of EMT-P in my city is about 400, total manforce is about 3000. And...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    The Manforce Thanks for everyone who reply the post :D I'll keep on sharing more information about our EMS status. :lol: Pre-hospital EMS is under fire dept.'s control in Taiwan, so we start the topic from training of fire fighters. There are two ways to become a fire fighter in Taiwan, 1...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    The Rig In Taiwan, ambulances is almost modified from civil vans, popular models are VW T4/T5、Hyundai Starex、Toyota HiAce Solemio... and so on. But in my city, we use prefer VW T5, with standard model and height-increased model. In our branch, we have both model of rig. Back view of...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    Sorry for the misunderstanding. :rofl: The systemic EMS law is funded in 1995, and the first group of paramedic trainee is sent to Canada in 2002. It's a newer concept in Taiwan.
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    EMS in Taiwan

    Hello, ExpatMedic0: I finished my training and get the license last year, so I've been a paramedic for about half year. Sorry for my poor language... I can't really get the meaning of this question. :huh: But about the degree, there is no educational degree/diploma of paramedic, the...
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    EMS in Taiwan

    The EMTs In Taiwan, EMTs are divided in 3 levels The EMT-1 - the basic level of EMT, require 40 hrs of training. Available treatments includes most BLS treatments like OPA、NPA、O2 access...and so on. The EMT-2 - main man-force of Taiwan Pre-Hospital EMS, require EMT-1 Licence and 280 hrs...
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    IFT calling 911?

    In Taiwan, pre-hospital is belong to Fire Dept., and IFT is held by private funded companies, but the ambulance license and personnel training requirements are the same. Our department get IFT calls occasionally, and mostly from nursing home. I don't know how they think, every time we receive...
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    New User

    Hello everyone. I'm a paramedic in Taiwan. I was a EMS volunteer about 2007~2012, and due to passion for EMS, I decided to join the department, and now service in New Taipei City. I'd been looking for some forums (instead of Facebook) that can interact with EMT/Paramedics from all over the...
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