Trauma612

Mmmmm.. easy to be on the outside looking in unless your employed by said company. Love my job, and there is a wealth of thing's that can be improved, AMR put's food on my table feed's my kid's and pay's my bill's, doesn't mean that I'm happy with the way the company is run from a employee's perspective. I won't even bother to get into company profit and billing and so on... that's not my realm, I'm a paramedic... period, and the trend seem's to be leaning toward senior , experienced health care provider's leaving for greener pastures. So the short of it... AMR westcoast/midwest...yes AMR east coast ...No

This is problem and has been for quite some time. It get's frustrating hearing all the good about the west coast division's wile the east coast seem's to be floundering.

If you want to label dedicated employee's that are professional, do their job well, and consider themself an asset to the community that are looking for just a little bit of respect from their employer, either by a simple thank you maybe , or by replacing one 19 y.o stair chair a month...that no matter what amount of maintenece is done to it, need's to be replaced just do to it's age alone as "idealist" ?? unless you have walked in the proverbial AMR boot's that the vast majority of people have been on the east coast.. then I would tend to say your opinion of an "idealist employee" means nothing.

Nail on the head :!: Same goes for all the road safety BullS%$t they installed on the truck's, So they can prove 100% without a doubt that the operator was at fault should a accident occur. I'm sure it cut down on their insurance as well but it still wont take the stupid out of some people's driving habits. God forbid they would install some laptop's in the truck's to make thing's a little more "marketable" for future employee's in this area not to mention the fact that it speed's up the billing process and they can get that shiny coin in their greedy little hand so much quicker.

It means allot to the AMR branches that have truck's that have 300,000 plus miles on them still in service in 911 communities, that have stair chair's, stretcher's, board splint's,traction splint's etc. from companies that they aquired 10 and 15 year's ago. A maintenance dept. that uses's Bondo as a favorite tool so the vehicle's can pass state inspection, supervisor's that do not and will not go "above and beyond" to do anything for their fellow employee's due to pressure from upper management being disgruntled about a majority vote in for a union. ( another story all together :roll: ) I love my job with all my heart but I'm ashamed some day's to put my uniform on... I know.. LEAVE! but after 18 plus years (seniority after aquisition's) I cant move due to money reason's. Oh and with that being said and all the time there ...I have yet to see us gain ONE new 911 contract

I cant due to the fact that I was just being foolish

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If your looking to work for a company that values you not only as an employee, but as a pilar of the community, a health care professional and a valued public servant.... DON'T! work for AMR!

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14 call's in 24hrs, backed up on 3-4 run report's till about 1am, got out 1.5 hrs late. And I was promised ALS naptime...WTF!?

It crossed my mind but I got busy doing other thing's and then we were there. Did I mention this was my first solo Medic shift ? :shock:

Bored :roll: Did a right side too but no copy... was evolving and had quite a bit more elevation on the last tracing but here's the the first one 6 hrs later Pt. # 2 :roll:

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Perfect!...thank you!