Your first EMT-B job was...

BLS IFT.
 
Leatherpuke said:
Yeah.......there's that. But like most states, people have a misconception about Kansas, I know I did before the Army stationed me here. Low taxes, extremely low cost of living, lots and lots of EMS jobs, good people, low crime, awesome gun laws ( it's important to me) and more hunting and fishing than you can handle. ( see my avatar)

Kansas is pretty awesome if you can handle some extreme weather and not much in the way of scenery.

I had my fist shift yesterday as a paid AEMT. Only one call in a 24 hour shift and it was an easy one. The pay ain't much but the benefits are great, fully paid medical for my entire family. After reading this forum for a while, I feel pretty dang lucky to be working a 911, county run service with benefits right out of school.

I'm just saying, if you're looking for a good EMS job, Kansas should be on your list.
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Okay yeah... You made your case well. Colorado gun laws (mainly the magazine restriction and Denver having their way getting out of preemption) kinda suck. Gun laws are important to me and I love to fish :-) I really miss the saltwater fishing in NC.

I wish I had pursued EMT before I left Nc. That's how it works there the county I was born in his emt-b for 911 second right out of training.
 
Private, I messed everything up
 
I appear to be a minority here, but my first was a small private (non profit) 911, no IFT. It was a nice place to work, but we'd only run 2 or 3 calls a night, which was a bit slow for my taste. I did have some volunteer experience under my belt though. Really they're both fine to start at, unless you end up at a really shady private IFT company, which are abundant where I am (Philadelphia--best place in the nation for medicare fraud!).

Now I work for a busier urban/suburban 911 company that does some IFT on the side, and then med school.
 
I worked for a small private service provided first-response 911 service and IFT. It was a great first gig.
 
rescue1/MMiz -- were your positions as drivers, or actually "teching" the calls as an EMT?
 
Ishan said:
rescue1/MMiz -- were your positions as drivers, or actually "teching" the calls as an EMT?
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The whole shebang, drive, tech, wash the tires. We were medic/basic. I've never heard of a place hiring drivers only, unless its a critical care truck with nurses and CC medics in the back. I had about 2 years of volunteer experience as a tech and driver when I was first hired.
 
DesertMedic66 said:
Event medical company that I couldn't work many events because I was under 21. I only worked 1 event in 3 months.

About a week after I was hired at the event company I was hired at a private 911/IFT company (mostly 911) and have been there for around 4 years. It will be my first medic job also.
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I just applied for them. How is the company? What kind of equipment do you have to provide? I have access to the event board and bulletin board. Does that mean I'm hired?
 
Jim37F said:
Private IFT only company in LA Co, first 6 months on a BLS unit that did mostly hospital transfers and discharges to SNF's, last 3 months at the company got put on a CCT shift, once again mostly non emergent hospital transfers, and ventilator transports, had a grand total of 1 emergent call in my entire time at the company for a STEMI transfer. It was a good company overall, with none of the horror stories I've heard about other LA area companies, but the monotony of stable patients where I did little more than monitor vitals (even on CCT) led me to apply elsewhere

My second job was at a company that did a mix of IFT and 911 transport for the city of Torrance in LA Co. I went from $10/hour to $8.50/hour with nearly twice as long commute, but I thought the calls would be worth it...nope. Code 2 to every 911 call regardless of what it was (once in a blue moon fire would upgrade us to Code 3, but even calls they would transport ALS, which policy required Code 3 transport, but 9 times out of 10 they were content to let us stay Code 2 coming into the scene). Combined with old equipment, company wide shortages of some equipment nearly every day it seemed, 12 hours of street corner posting all day with more than 3 calls being a busy day, low pay, clear favoritism on the part of dispatch and management, and being treated as little more than gurney pushers by fire...well lets just say I was less than happy there. That being said, echoing above, they were still better than a lot of the dialysis derby "shady" horror story little companies in the county. I stayed 6 months there, and only because I was in backgrounds at my current job. (This company has since closed its doors and ceased operations)

Where I currently have just under a year at my fire department EMT ambulance operator job that is heads and shoulders above both of those^ companies...heck, I think it's about the best single role EMT job in the county...exclusively 911 only response to all ALS and BLS calls, only 3 calls is a slow day, upwards of 6 calls in a 12 hour shift, 10-12 in a 24hr shift, no street corner posting, half the rigs in the city are brand new (less than a year old), with pay that's half again as much as the privates, plus it's a city job so we get CALPers retirement contributions and other benefits, plus being in house with the department part of the culture and all that gives us a vital edge to win the lottery and get the coveted fire fighter job.
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Oh poor gerber :,(
 
ViolynEMT said:
I just applied for them. How is the company? What kind of equipment do you have to provide? I have access to the event board and bulletin board. Does that mean I'm hired?
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Probably a different event medical company. The company I worked for is based out of San Bernardino, CA area.
 
DesertMedic66 said:
Probably a different event medical company. The company I worked for is based out of San Bernardino, CA area.
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Oh. Lol. I did a search for Event Medical. That's the name of the company to which I applied. I just assumed, but you know what they say............
 
Private with a IFT/911 mix, but mostly IFT for me.
 
I'm in the same boat as @ViolynEMT. My first non-pay job is with a volunteer group that provides medical services at concerts, sporting events, music festivals, etc.
 
First I was a volly firefighter/EMT, then rural/metro, currently AMR

I also do fire line medical and special events through another company
 
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