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You are going to have to give up a lot more information than that to get people here interested ... Just a thought ...

I wonder if part of the reason he says you are just an EMT is in part from poor grammar and presentation, and he feels the need to tell the nurses/staff you are only an EMT to cover your short comings? The new medic being young probably has nothing to do with his comment to you. How can you have a long history of disagreements if he is a new medic? Either you don't have a long history, or he is not a new medic, can't have it both ways.

On your 24's That would work out to somewhere near 62K take home. Roughly.

Anything is possible. Your definition of overtime is loose at best, I know medics locally in NYC who make 165K a year but they work 4 jobs and 120-130 hours a week (and we're a posted ambulance on a street corner not fire based no down time, not supposed to sleep while in the ambulance either.) .. Are you talking that type of overtime ? Or are you talking pulling 1 extra shift every other week? Salary.com information on Medic Salary for charlotte NC IT estimates a net of approximately 1055 bi weekly.

the price of the KDT, and the price of installation are not the same. The KDT itself is something like $20,000 but installation at radio repair is probably like $2000 per vehicle (this probably assumes you have no one that is qualified to install it) I don't see how giving jolly volly's KDT's have anything to do saving the FDNY money, further, you know as a volunteer you are only to respond to jobs in your primary response area, So they should not be arbitrarily moving you to cover their holes unless they call for mutual aid. IMHO

haha, cute.

Going to have to pass, but I am curious about what the pay and benefits are.

Seems like everything went well, you will be much smoother the more you do these things, just keep at it.

You should follow up with the hospital you transported to, specifically the Dr. that cared for her. Just a thought.

I think we have finally began doing something about it, we have recognized the issue, and are trying to bring public attention to the issue so we can come up with a better way to deal with this. I always picked up the same patient, for about 2 years ... everyday i worked without fail, sometimes more than once a day! I used to always be annoyed to have to pick him up, because as soon as the dispatch information came over, we knew who it was. My attitude was horrid, until the day we were dispatched to him in cardiac arrest. He had slept outside that night because his family wouldn't let him in intoxicated, and he didn't want to call 9-1-1 again that day as he had twice already. He froze to death, despite all efforts that was the last time I picked him up. I remember the last time he was alive and I took him to the ED he told me he loved me and my partner, and we were always so good to him. Now I find myself, missing picking him up, when I drive past where we would always pick him up from I think about him. These chronic callers are definitely a drain on our systems, but they do need help, we need to find a better way to handle these issues.

Read the Full article here ILLNESS-FAKER BUMS TREAT ERS AS HOTELS - ON YOUR TAB These bums are costing you a fortune. Ricky Alardo, a homeless alcoholic nicknamed Ricky Ricardo, swigs cheap vodka by day at his favorite corner in Washington Heights, then calls an ambulance to chauffeur him to the hospital for a free meal and a warm place to sleep, courtesy of taxpayers who fund his Medicaid benefits.

So instead of just looking at pictures I suppose I should have read the link, which apparently says it is a "natural disaster" type of event, but I don't think that trees just commonly fall over for no reason, to me it is a crime scene, keep in mind I live in a place there's barely any tree's and they certainly don't just fall over ...

Looks pretty bad, to be honest probably one of those scenes if there is no one viable best to leave it alone as it is a crime scene, and hope to find the cause of such an event later on.

As with Richard I have met this guy, I never met him on the job, but I am good friends with his sister, a college classmate of mine, my ex-girlfriends best friend as well as an NYPD police officer. Unfortunately it seems he made some bad decisions. Hopefully he can take this opportunity to change things for the better. As with Richard I have met this guy, I never met him on the job, but I am good friends with his sister, a college classmate of mine, my ex-girlfriends best friend as well as an NYPD police officer. Unfortunately it seems he made some bad decisions. Hopefully he can take this opportunity to change things for the better.

Just a FYI for everyone working. Department of Investigations is constantly doing Integrity Tests on everyone (EMS, PD, FD, Sanitation, etc...). They stage very realistic crime/accident/incident scenes to try and catch people all the time. Always do the right thing and be honest. DOI ARRESTS AN EMT ON CHARGES OF TAKING $100 FROM A PATIENT IN AN INTEGRITY TEST ROSE GILL HEARN, Commissioner of the Department of Investigation (“DOI”), announced the arrest today of DANIEL BARRASSO, an Emergency Medical Technician (“EMT”) employed by the New York City Fire Department (“FDNY”), on charges of taking $100 from a DOI undercover investigator posing as an injured patient during a DOI integrity test this morning in Brooklyn. The office of Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes is prosecuting the case. DOI Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn said, “This EMT is charged with taking money from a person he was supposed to be helping. It goes without saying that such conduct is utterly contrary to what the City expects from its emergency medical personnel and to the professionalism and compassion of its many hardworking EMTs.” Commissioner Gill Hearn thanked FDNY Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta and Kings County District Attorney Charles J. Hynes and their staffs for their assistance and cooperation in this case. BARRASSO, 31, of Brooklyn, has been charged with Attempted Burglary in the Second Degree, a class D felony; Attempted Burglary in the Third Degree, a class E felony; Official Misconduct, a class A misdemeanor; and Attempted Criminal Possession of Stolen Property in the Fifth Degree, Attempted Criminal Trespass in the Second Degree and Attempted Petit Larceny, class B misdemeanors. Upon conviction, a class D felony is punishable by up to seven years in prison, a class E felony by up to four years in prison, a class A misdemeanor by up to a year’s incarceration and a class B misdemeanor by up to three months in prison. Today’s integrity test, monitored and recorded by DOI investigators, revealed that BARRASSO, while responding to an emergency call in Brooklyn, removed a $100 bill from an envelope belonging to the undercover investigator and while transporting that person to Coney Island Hospital in his assigned FDNY ambulance stopped and handed the money to an individual to whom he had just sent a text message. DOI investigators recovered the bill from that individual. BARRASSO was arrested at the hospital, and it is charged that he was in possession of 38 alleged Oxycontin pills in an unmarked prescription bottle. BARRASSO was charged with Criminal Possession of a Controlled Substance in the Third Degree, a class B felony, which upon conviction is punishable by up to 25 years in prison. BARRASSO is assigned to EMS Battalion 43 at Coney Island Hospital, has been employed as an EMT since=2 0August 1999 and receives an annual salary of approximately $41,162. As a result of today’s arrest, he has been suspended and faces disciplinary action.

day 1 intro to company administrative paperwork day 2 PCR's medical eval fit testing day 3 Driver ed day 4 EVOC controlled environment day 5 Medical finished drug test result, ppd result, intro to policies and procedures 40 hours of field training Including ACR writing, evaluation of all patient care and driving evaluation without a patient on board. ** note, this is a rough draft from memory, has been many years since I was a new hire.

Use search function, will give you your answer.

although some pictures were mildly amusing most were not cool at all..

It was fun while it lasted

I agree, welcome back.

Yet you wonder why there are no elite medics in FL.

Yea like we don't have enough of thosoe.

Not trying to "challenge you" but would love to see the link. Must be nice to be able to choose who goes to what call but what happens when dispatch gets it wrong? What happens when the hip fx is on an 300 lbs grandmother? You must delay patient care to get another crew to assist?

My only attempt at humor was at someones call volume not at anyone individual

not guilty ever verbally abuse a patient ?