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Do some of you guys respond to 911 calls or mostly due hospital transports? A couple of weeks ago there was an accident in the Miami airport and amr was the one who responded which had surprised me. Usually it's either the county or the city that responds. How that work in your region?
 
Keep in mind that AMR and Rural Metro are completely different than most privates.

AMR and R/M go after fire contracts. In some areas they will be respond with the fire department and in others they respond for transportation.

Here in Seattle where I work for AMR, Seattle Fire responds to the initial call and then they will request us to come and take over care / transportation so they can go back in service.

We can also be the primary response. On some calls a person will call 911 and for whatever reason the 911 dispatcher doesn't feel the call warrants a fire response and they will transfer the call to us.

Most areas use some form of private ambulance for transport purposes.
 
We are the primary 911 company. We also do some IFTs. There are only 4 fire departments that have ambulances here.
 
Thanks for the replies! Soon I am gonna be taking my state and national test and I am looking forward to working at AMR =)
 
titmouse said:
Thanks for the replies! Soon I am gonna be taking my state and national test and I am looking forward to working at AMR =)
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AMR is a great company to work for and I enjoy my job. That said keep in mind that AMR is a national company and each area of operations is going to be different dependent on the management and union.

AMR and I am sure R/M do their fair share of Interfacility Transports as well. In fact IFT's are their bread and butter. Even here in Seattle we do a lot of IFT's and discharges.

We also have contracts with Skilled Nursing Facilities and will respond to them.

Bottom line - AMR is a good experience but don't expect it to be all lights / sirens and emergent calls. 90% of what I do is routine calls. I do see some very sick patients though but then again I am a black cloud so trouble seems to follow me.

Good luck.
 
It's all very dependent on the area. Our BLS units are 95-98% IFTs. ALS is 95% 911 calls and 5 % IFTs (in the past 3 months I have not done one IFT.
 
I am fine with not having lights and sirens. What matters is having a good work place and providing good care.
 
titmouse said:
I am fine with not having lights and sirens. What matters is having a good work place and providing good care.
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I meant not everything you do will be high speed exciting stuff. It is a good company and you will enjoy yourself.
 
I work for a private contracted under a Public Utility Model. We are the sole 911 EMS and IFT provider for our county except for one small town that has an ALS transporting FD. Every truck is ALS with at least one medic and an EMT-I/AEMT or sometimes a second medic. We're the medical authority and overrule the FD on anything and everything medical. Medical call, once I walk in I'm in charge, not the fire captain, Lt or hell their chief could even be there and It's still my scene because I'm the (insert company name here) Paramedic on scene.

We generally have a good working relationship with the FDs we respond with. Sure there are a few bad apples but for the most part, at the street level, we get along just fine.

We generally will do 6-12 911s and 1 IFT in a 12 hour shift. IFT range from simple psyc transfers to vented, ALS transfers on a select few drips and when I say a select few I mean like 2 :lol:
 
I also work for private EMS. We are the 911 ambulance for our county, however, we also do all of the IFT's out of the hospitals here. So the FD responds with us, however, we are the transporting agency, and many times, we're the only paramedic on scene.
 
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