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Yea, but In-N-Out is an outlier with the quality of food, customer service, and their employees' ability to speak English.
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Yea, but In-N-Out is an outlier with the quality of food, customer service, and their employees' ability to speak English.
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Thanks, Terrible One. I am going to Ventura today, I will apply to Gold Coast Ambulance there. I think its a very interesting idea what you mentioned, I am definitely looking into it. I have no problem driving for one hour to a job if it means a lot more experience.
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Tomorrow I interview with Care Ambulance
I didn't make it to Gold Coast Ambulance in Ventura yet. Got there too late.
Tomorrow, Monday, I have an interview with Care Ambulance in Anaheim. On the email they sent me it seems like a lot of testing to be hired. Any comments or tips would be appreciated. I am nervous as always.
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I didn't make it to Gold Coast Ambulance in Ventura yet. Got there too late.
Tomorrow, Monday, I have an interview with Care Ambulance in Anaheim. On the email they sent me it seems like a lot of testing to be hired. Any comments or tips would be appreciated. I am nervous as always.
Peter
Care's testing is not too bad. when I worked there it was a 50-question written, a skills test kind NR-style(although there was no absolute fail pts.) and a panel interview. IIRC, there were about 12 of us who tested and they hired 7 or 8. Think about this though, do you want to work for a company that has standards or one who will take any one with a cert and a pulse? I loved it there for 2 years, and if I had to work any ambo job in OC or LACo as a basic it would be with them. Good luck!
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No problem. I have many friends at Gold Coast. Great place to learn as a beginner. They only run the city of Oxnard, (busiest in Ventura Co) and the FD is all BLS so if you can get in and work with a medic you will learn a lot. Also the company pays for you to attend paramedic school if you choose to.
Good luck if you have any questions feel free to P/M me
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Here's the latest
So I diidn't get hired at Care. I did well on the written test, and the interview. I think I blew the skills test, not sure. My first "patient" was a boy with lower left leg bleeding, non-arterial. I put direct pressure on it, the proctor said "still bleeding." So I put pressure on the femoral artery. Still bleeding. So I elevated. Still bleeding. Then he said, "what's next?" I said, "transport code 3." He hesitated, I know he wanted to help me but he cant. I said, "tourniquet?". He said ok. BUT I THOUGHT WE NEVER PUT ON A TOURNIQUET! So we never learned that in class. I was nervous, the tourniquet had some sort of twisty thing on it. Then I said I would check pedal pulse. I think that was wrong. Anyway, Care emailed me and said no. They said during the hiring process that all new employees work at IFT's only for six months, then 911.
So that's that. I am still looking, 8 weeks after graduating. McCormick, AMR, and Schaefer say they could hire me any day.
So I went and applied at FirstMed, a strictly IFT company in North Hollywood, and Metropolitan in Glendale. I have read on here that it might be a blessing in disguise to work IFT's to work on my assessment skills.
I am going to check on Gold Coast today.
Any tips on how to move this process along, I would appreciate.
Peter
So I diidn't get hired at Care. I did well on the written test, and the interview. I think I blew the skills test, not sure. My first "patient" was a boy with lower left leg bleeding, non-arterial. I put direct pressure on it, the proctor said "still bleeding." So I put pressure on the femoral artery. Still bleeding. So I elevated. Still bleeding. Then he said, "what's next?" I said, "transport code 3." He hesitated, I know he wanted to help me but he cant. I said, "tourniquet?". He said ok. BUT I THOUGHT WE NEVER PUT ON A TOURNIQUET! So we never learned that in class. I was nervous, the tourniquet had some sort of twisty thing on it. Then I said I would check pedal pulse. I think that was wrong. Anyway, Care emailed me and said no. They said during the hiring process that all new employees work at IFT's only for six months, then 911.
So that's that. I am still looking, 8 weeks after graduating. McCormick, AMR, and Schaefer say they could hire me any day.
So I went and applied at FirstMed, a strictly IFT company in North Hollywood, and Metropolitan in Glendale. I have read on here that it might be a blessing in disguise to work IFT's to work on my assessment skills.
I am going to check on Gold Coast today.
Any tips on how to move this process along, I would appreciate.
Peter
They also just cut their budget, and subsquently round filed a bunch of tests/applications.
(no, I'm not bitter, don't want to be a hose jockey, I know someone that happened too)
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What do you mean they could hire you any day? As in you passed their hiring process, but you're on a waiting list? Or they said they have open spots, so you're free to apply anytime?
There can definitely be a lot of benefits to working IFTs. As far as fast tracking it, I'd ask every company when you should expect to hear back from them, then call them on that day, then keep calling often. If you want to be a FF, sure apply to LAFD now, but expect that to take a few years...do it to get the process going, not to get a job right now.
As far as the bleeding scenario with the tourniquet, where did you go to EMT school? Some instructors (for some reason) still think you can't do a TQ in Los Angeles...
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LAFD is on a hiring freeze atleast for another year
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Take a look at the new National Registry skills as of January. Direct pressure and if that doesn't work, go straight to TQ.
Evidence in Iraq and Afghanistan pointed to the ineffectiveness of pressure points and elevation in major bleeding.
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Well, I got hired!!!
Hey everyone, I got hired, finally at a 911 company!!!
I applied at 6 different 911 companies, and several IFT companies as well, so I am very excited to finally get the call. According to what several of you have told me, I shouldn't say the name of the company I work for, for several reasons. But if you send me a private message I will tell you.
Thanks everyone for the help and encouragement. I will put some stories down and questions, when I start training on Monday.
Peter B
Hey everyone, I got hired, finally at a 911 company!!!
I applied at 6 different 911 companies, and several IFT companies as well, so I am very excited to finally get the call. According to what several of you have told me, I shouldn't say the name of the company I work for, for several reasons. But if you send me a private message I will tell you.
Thanks everyone for the help and encouragement. I will put some stories down and questions, when I start training on Monday.
Peter B