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Yep! I'll be running basic. I run a lot of BLS 911 calls in the operation I'm leaving, so it'll be interesting to see how my experience transfers into a new city. As for the hybrid setup with Fire/Medic One responding at the same time, it sounds a lot like what I've experienced where I'm at now...

If it's typical SSM of the sort that I'm used to, it sounds like I can expect to get late-tripped fairly regularly. This would be the first time in a while that I'd welcome the OT. So oddly, I'm glad to hear that.

Thanks for that. I did some hunting around but a lot of the information out there seems to be a little out of date by a couple of years, and my understanding is that a few things have changed with the operation over the last 3 years or so.

I'm starting with AMR Seattle on June 8th. Can anyone tell me a little more about what to expect as a full-timer? What sort of overtime if any do you make? Do you get paid anything like a differential for running 911 calls or VA transports? Primarily I'm wondering about a ) hours and b ) pay...

Check the websites of local community colleges, and the websites of your county and state EMSA. I've found refresher courses under the "continuing education" sections of most school course catalogues.

One thing that I can suggest off the bat is, don't think of it the same way you would a traditional standardized test. The answer selection strategies we might apply to something like the SAT for example don't work quite as well. The elimination process that your book outlined might be a part of...

Yeah that's a huge problem.

1. What does your exact study strategy look like right now? 2. What is your strategy for solving a scenario question when you see it on a test?

One question I have is, did you or your classmates take your concern about it to your program coordinator/chairperson? I'm sure your class's experience is the sort of thing a program head and hospital EMS director would want to know about, even if it's the only hospital in your area.

It sounds like your program rolled the dice and got affiliated with a crummy hospital. The E.D. where I did my time was excellent. They even had me gown up and practically shoved me in to do CPR on a cardiac code on my first day, an ER doc gave me a play by play of intubation while he was doing...

That second model is the norm in a lot of the world, and I see no reason why investing long term in this sort of education and standard shouldn't happen.

Missouri also has some excellent EMS-only districts, if you don't mind working in some of the outermost suburbs in St Louis or K.C. This entire thread, man...

I appreciate what you have to say about that. I'm still fresh and my experiences with other services is really limited. That's also why I wanted to make sure to point out that everyone I rode with was still highly proficient. I can see how ambulance days may raise the concern about being another...

Bingo. I don't -necessarily- think this is going to be an issue with the company that gave me the offer, but I'm still putting a hard stop on inhaling anything other than fresh air from here going forward because I frankly don't want to risk it either on drug test day (in 5 days) or at any...

How prevalent is nicotine testing in EMS hiring these days? I know it's becoming increasingly common in hospital systems and certain public safety services. I may have some self serving reasons for asking this question. I recently got hired on to a private EMS company. I'll be taking the PAT...

Just a small-sample anecdote. When I was a student and doing clinicals with [unnamed urban midwestern fire/rescue service], the FF/Medics all vastly preferred being on the pumper to being assigned to the ambulance. They seemed like cool guys, and they weren't derelicts on the ambulance, but...

Honestly, I probably wouldn't be considering it at all if I didn't already have a Bachelor's degree prior to entering EMS. Taking a step down to BLS wouldn't be off the table for me, so long as the pay was survivable and I'd have an opportunity to continue education to bump back up to the...

Touché. I guess it's the same principle as using the same pair of adult pads on a patient who's 170 pounds or 370 pounds.

Very true. Only thing I was thinking of is, pad size and anatomical differences affecting the reading.

Maybe this is a dumb question, but would an AED hooked up to ped pads even read a shockable rhythm accurately on an adult?