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Anybody know anything about this company.. GOOD BAD?
 
And where would you be talking about?
 
What, if anything do you already know about them? Or are you asking because you happened to see one of their rigs driving around with a "Now hiring EMTs" sign on the back doors? Not being snippy, that's exactly what I did two and a half years ago when I first got my cert, APA was the very first ambulance company I applied to, because I saw that sign on the back of one of their rigs.....two and a half years later, I've never seen one of their rigs that did not have that sign on the back..

Otherwise all I really know is that they are just another LA County private company, pay is nothing special (according to their website $11.50/hour with a years experience), they do BLS and CCT, no 911, all exclusively IFT's.
 
Huh? I wouldn't know. Never have and never will work or live in California
 
Wylie said:
@Jim37F how was their interview I have one with them Monday?
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Unless things have changed there, if you have a pulse you can get a job there. I know one guy who worked there after leaving the company I was at and he smoked marijuana in the ambulance on a frequent basis. Go in with a positive attitude and wear decent clothes and you stand a good chance at getting a job there. If they still have critical care listed on their ambulances, you don't do critical care. They put it on there because it sounded good to them.
 
luke_31 said:
Unless things have changed there, if you have a pulse you can get a job there. I know one guy who worked there after leaving the company I was at and he smoked marijuana in the ambulance on a frequent basis. Go in with a positive attitude and wear decent clothes and you stand a good chance at getting a job there. If they still have critical care listed on their ambulances, you don't do critical care. They put it on there because it sounded good to them.
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How about your field training with them?
 
luke_31 said:
Unless things have changed there, if you have a pulse you can get a job there. I know one guy who worked there after leaving the company I was at and he smoked marijuana in the ambulance on a frequent basis. Go in with a positive attitude and wear decent clothes and you stand a good chance at getting a job there. If they still have critical care listed on their ambulances, you don't do critical care. They put it on there because it sounded good to them.
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How was their field training ? And how long
 
Judging by your lack of ability to comprehend what people are telling you right now, that they have never worked there. Maybe you will have a tough time...The guy just said EMTs were smoking weed in the ambulance, safe to say its not a good place to work for...

Edit: May have come off strong, but I am sitting in station about to start shift. So I'm not in a good mood! :cool:
 
I did the interview there about 2 1/2 years ago. It was the very first private company I interviewed for. I don't remember much more than a quick simple written quiz on EMT-B stuff, and then about the only thing that still really sticks out thinking back was the interview lady seemed more bored like she was getting a chore done with than actually interviewing a future employee. Other than that it was a basic interview, nothing special, about a zillion resources if you Google interview tips. I didn't get the job there though, they said they'd call me, a month later I got a letter in the mail saying "Thanks, but no thanks". Fortunately I was already clearing field training at a different company when it came lol
 
Field training for these IFT companies is a joke. You'll learn how to make sure medicare doesn't kick back your PCR and how to use the gurney. Don't worry so much about it. The managers just want holes in the schedule fixed as fast as possible.

Some basic interview questions to think about:

1. Why do you want to work for [Company]?

2. Name a time you were in a stressful situation and how did you handle it?

3. What are three strengths and three weaknesses?

4. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do?

Also, I don't trust any company with the 1-800 number plastered on the side of the rig. I'll expand upon that and include now hiring stickers. I don't even like them on the local police cars. It looks tacky.

People know where to find you and apply. If you need to jam stickers on the back of the vehicle to bring people in, your organization has issues.

A long time ago the company I worked for won a hospital contract. A handful of rigs, including my assigned non-hospital rig, went to get painted up for the hospital. They all came back with an ugly design and a purple bumper sticker on the back window that read "Need a doctor? 1-800-555-5555." The hospital's phone number. Super tacky. Funny, by the end of my shift it was gone. I must have driven around so fast that night that it "fell off."
 
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