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  1. okayestEMT

    Highest paid EMS companies in socal

    If you want money try getting a job as an ER Tech. Like Jim said $11 - $13 is pretty standard for all ambulance companies. The ED I work at in OC starts the techs off at $21/hour.
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    Inside One of the Country’s Busiest EMS Stations That Serves the City of Los Angeles

    I'm pretty sure they have like 4 transporting ambulances at that station haha
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    New EMT...ER tech job vs Ambulance jobs in MA ???

    As someone who has worked as a basic on an ambulance and now in the ER, I think either can be a great experience depending on what your local protocols are like. Here in SoCal I much prefer the ED over an ambulance, but having also worked as a basic in central Texas I think I would not have...
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    New EMT...ER tech job vs Ambulance jobs in MA ???

    I would look at the hospitals in your area and see what the requirements are for an ER Tech. I know the area I'm at almost all the er tech jobs require ambulance experience and a phlebotomy cert to even be considered. Generally speaking a tech job is harder to land especially with no experience.
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    What's going on in SB County?

    Good ole' Georgetown. Any idea if Pflugerville Fire has started transporting in Travis County yet?
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    ATCEMS hiring

    I'm aware of that, this was just a loophole when they needed someone to work a Medic II shift and they had a lot of the Medic I guys who had their medic cert. I know some guys who went through the medic I academy with me that were able to do this after they cleared as a medic I. It might have...
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    ATCEMS hiring

    Been a while since I was there and that might have changed with the paramedic only hiring processes they have had.
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    ATCEMS hiring

    I'm 99% sure that once you clear as a medic I (give or take 3-4 months total including the academy) you can pick up open shifts as a medic II as long as you have your paramedic cert, so you wouldn't have to give it up for an entire year. They had just implemented that policy about a year ago due...
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    Anesthesiologist vs. CRNA

    For a long time now I've been hoping to complete an Anesthesia residency after medical school (considering everything goes as planned) and I had an interesting run in with a retired nurse anesthetist two nights ago. So I'm splinting her ankle and giving her crutches and out of nowhere she tells...
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    CARE Ambulance - Orange County, CA Testing

    The skills test and written test were very, very basic and straight forward. Don't stress about it, I remember some of the questions almost seemed too easy and thinking it had to be a trick question.
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    EMS systems similar to Kern County

    Im not trying to come across all fired up. I know first hand that a third service isn't all that its made out to be and Austin is not what it used to be. A lot of morale and staffing issues, medics who do nothing but complain, etc. There are definitely private agencies that have better...
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    EMS systems similar to Kern County

    http://www.jems.com/articles/supplements/special-topics/ems-state-science-2014/tale-three-successful-ems-systems.html Correcting myself, the med director at ATCEMS at the time did not START pit crew, but adjusted and refined it to something that many services have adapted. I was mixing up Pit...
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    EMS systems similar to Kern County

    I was referring to "Pit Crew" CPR specifically.
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    EMS systems similar to Kern County

    Google search a map of the US and a good amount of the big cities have EMS as a third service run by the city or county. Central Texas has a few counties surrounding each other where EMS is a third service and has scene control (Austin / Travis County EMS, Williamson County EMS, Hays County EMS...
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    Kaiser ER Tech

    I still have a few more scheduled shifts where I'm shadowing another EMT. But from what it sounds like talking to some managers and the person in charge of making the schedule it will be about 24-36 hours (2-3 shifts) a week due to how busy it's been.
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    Kaiser ER Tech

    Hopefully medical school and specialize in emergency medicine.
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    Bls in austin tx

    I left ATCEMS a few months ago and it wasn't up and running yet. A friend of mine who still works there said he's supposed to be starting the program soon.
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    Bls in austin tx

    To clarify, it's one year of experience working as a Medic - I to promote up to a Medic - II (which requires you already having your Paramedic cert and going through their Medic - II academy, which is not the same as their soon to be in house paramedic program). BUT once their in house Paramedic...
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    Bls in austin tx

    The experience and knowledge you would get working alongside the experienced Paramedics with Austin / Travis County EMS will help you so much in medic school. The paramedics I worked with while I was working for ATCEMS were hands down the best I've ever worked with. I strongly believe that the...
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    Kaiser ER Tech

    Did that, came back. I'm not looking to make EMS a career, so CA isn't really the issue. If I was I would have stayed in Texas.
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