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I recently got my emt-b certification and am having troubles finding someone to affiliate with here in southeast Idaho. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks
 
Yea, the emt cheif in my home town is really slow about getting back to me and the town next to me is a college town and they get a lot of their crew from the college.
 
murrdust said:
Yea, the emt cheif in my home town is really slow about getting back to me and the town next to me is a college town and they get a lot of their crew from the college.
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I can relate.

I interviewed for a job 6 weeks ago and have yet to hear more than "we're working on it and will get back to you."

Maybe that's just how EMS works.
 
Yea kinda stinks. I guess I will just have to hurray up and wait some more.
 
murrdust said:
Yea kinda stinks. I guess I will just have to hurray up and wait some more.
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No, my only advice is to keep that possibility in the back of your mind, but continue researching what other opportunities are in the area. Don't stop and just wait to hear.
 
It's definintely tough to get your foot in the door. I spent half a year on a hospital-based service's PRN list with about 2 shifts a month, then became liked and began getting about 5-6 shifts a *week* then got full time. While full time, became friendly with a few medics and able to get a few PRN shifts at other services....one particularly great one that is just about impossible to even be considered for.

I was so disgusted at how hard it was to land a full time job as an EMT that I didn't want to "waste" the time, effort, and money on medic school just to spend another few years trying to land a decent job...Didn't take me long to realize the EMT to medic ratio is like 100:1 around here (Not a real statistic, but this area is cranking out 50+ EMT's a year and roughly 5-10+ medics a year, and thats for a quad-state area)

Don't turn down a part-time/PRN job just because it isn't the dream job or full-time spot you hoped for, it get's your foot in the door
 
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stephenrb81 said:
It's definintely tough to get your foot in the door. I spent half a year on a hospital-based service's PRN list with about 2 shifts a month, then became liked and began getting about 5-6 shifts a *week* then got full time. While full time, became friendly with a few medics and able to get a few PRN shifts at other services....one particularly great one that is just about impossible to even be considered for.

I was so disgusted at how hard it was to land a full time job as an EMT that I didn't want to "waste" the time, effort, and money on medic school just to spend another few years trying to land a decent job...Didn't take me long to realize the EMT to medic ratio is like 100:1 around here (Not a real statistic, but this area is cranking out 50+ EMT's a year and roughly 5-10+ medics a year, and thats for a quad-state area)

Don't turn down a part-time/PRN job just because it isn't the dream job or full-time spot you hoped for, it get's your foot in the door
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Not really much of a waste when medics are so sought after.
 
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