Thank you!!Here's a link to the reciprocity process for Nevada for you:
http://health.nv.gov/PDFs/EMS/Forms/Reciprocity.pdf
Here's the home page for the EMS office:
http://health.nv.gov/ems_emergencymedical.htm
Do you know if EMTs can work as techs in the ERs? They just changed a few months ago up here and now you have to have at least a CNA for that. I mean as long as I could find something in the medical field to pay rent I would be okay. And the high call volume is definitely something I look for, we get a ridiculous assortment of stuff up here and I want to continue getting that experience if I can, I'm pretty new to EMS as it is.
Yeah I believe you are the person I talked to! Thank you so much for this, I sort of hit a wall and was tired of not being able to get anything in the medical field, so it is good to hear this. I probably look at some south Meadows positions. Again, thanks!Hey, first of all, are you the person I met at the street fair downtown some months back? I just wanted to answer a few of your questions: 1. yes, you can work as a tech with your basic. They do prefer paramedics now, but you can still get hired as a B. Also, Renown has a job called "scan tech aid" where you're basically a tech, but just for the CT department.. it's not a great job by any means, but it's something in a pinch. As far as REMSA goes.... they do now have what they refer to as "ILS cars" which are staffed by an intermediate and a basic.. most of what they do are interfacilities, but there are now protocols that allow them to respond to low priority calls.Of course there's also the special events EMT job.. but you don't get a lot of patient contacts working that and events are pretty scattered. It really truly is a good idea to get your intermediate if you want to work in northern nevada and the easiest way would be to go to TMCC or REMSA to get it. Both have good programs. The hospitals in the area are : Renown (level 2 trauma center and the largest hospital here) Saint Marys (Our Lady of I-80, the hospital that is downtown, within walking distance of the casinos) and then there's also Renown South Meadows, a smaller version of Renown that's on the south end of town, they actually utilize more basic techs it looks like.. and then there's Northern Nevada Medical Center, which is a smaller hospital in Sparks. All of them are within easy "commute" distance of anywhere in Washoe County and all of them have websites that allow you to do thorough job searches. There are also a few other EMS systems close to here as well.... North Lyon, which is fire based and located in Fernley, and then there's Banner Churchill, a hospital based EMS system located in Fallon. A little farther away than that there is Humbolt General Hospital which runs EMS in Winnemucca and an ambulance service at Eastern Plumas Health Care in Portola, CA. All of those systems are ALS, so you need to at least be an "advanced" except for EPHC, which, since its in CA hires basics. OH, and how can I forget, there's also SEMSA, which used to be REMSA's sister company, but now they have separated. They hire basics as well, but they're located in Susanville. The best way, and then way that most of us have done it, is to start out as a special events or ILC car EMT, or get a job at one of the hospitals, enroll and then get your advanced and then apply for a field position at REMSA. It's a pretty good system for the most part. It can get very busy, but during the winter, it does slow down. REMSA works great with it's allied agencies and get's along really well with all of the fire and police agencies around the county and you have the potential to learn a lot and get some really good experience. I hope that this helps and I wish you the best.