Portland, OR

[alaskarudd]

My name is Aaron Rudd and I am currently enrolled at the University of Anchorage Alaska. I am about to finish my EMT-1 course and certification on December 14th. I have been accepted to Portland State University starting the winter term of 2014 and will be moving there permanently. I am very interested in working as an EMT in Portland or the surrounding areas. If anyone knows of any positions open/available for EMT-1 in Portland, please let me know. I really appreciate it.

 

[ExpatMedic0]

I use to work in Portland.

Your 2 main transport options are AMR (Covers Portland and a couple of the near by counties also) and Metro west (Washington county, next door). Also, file for reciprocity as an EMT-B. Inside Portland city limits is double Paramedic ALS only units with AMR (the cities main 911 provider)

 

[alaskarudd]

Thank you

Thank you for the reply. I'll look into it!

 

[TransportJockey]

I use to work in Portland.

Your 2 main transport options are AMR (Covers Portland and a couple of the near by counties also) and Metro west (Washington county, next door). Also, file for reciprocity as an EMT-B. Inside Portland city limits is double Paramedic ALS only units with AMR (the cities main 911 provider)

This makes me wanna transfer to Portland lol. Just need to finish school for my degree. And figure out where the hell I truly want to live

 

[ExpatMedic0]

This makes me wanna transfer to Portland lol. Just need to finish school for my degree. And figure out where the hell I truly want to live

Its ok, I love the city of Portland, its my home, but I was unable to get fulltime work as a medic. I was only a part time employee. AMR was on a hiring freeze, I am not sure what there current status is like(this was over 3 years ago). However, all Portlands 911 ambulances are staffed by 2 paramedics with college degree's ;-) which is pretty nice I guess. However, they use system status management and its still tier response system with fire (cringe), who also have 1 medic on the engine.