Ochsner Flight Care

[RocKetamine]

So I noticed that Ochsner Flight Care has a Flight Paramedic opening at their New Orleans base.

Anyone have any info/experience with them? Haven't heard of them before.

 

[VFlutter]

Never heard of them but looks like a hospital based program with a EC135.

 

[RocKetamine]

Never heard of them but looks like a hospital based program with a EC135.

That's about all I know as well, other than that they don't seem to be CAMTS accredited.

 

[VFlutter]

Have you flown RW before? Hospital programs have their pros and cons like anything else but most are fairly good. However most of the programs I am familiar with are operated by a larger company which Ochsner does not seem to be.

When I first started looking at flight jobs I wasn't very familiar with CAMTS and it was not a huge factor in me applying however now I do not think I would work someplace without it. I take pride in knowing our program is one of the few CAMTS Critical Care accredited in the region. A lot of CAMTS programs are accredited at the ALS level.

 

[RocKetamine]

Yeah, I'm currently on RW.

I feel the same way about the accreditation, wasn't too familiar starting out but doubtful I'd work somewhere that doesn't have it. I find it strange that a service of that size (looks to be at least 7 bases) isn't accredited.

 

[VentMonkey]

I take pride in knowing our program is one of the few CAMTS Critical Care accredited in the region.

Ditto.