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[Dustdevil]

Anyone know of programs like this around LA?

A three-year paramedic education in Kalifornia?

Ha! They're lucky to get three months there, especially around LA.

[KAThomas]

Freeman and Crafton are good length is a year or less but no "work while you're studying" type things... ah, to dream.

[bullmedic]

No we work 12 hour shifts only. 2on, 2off, 3on, 2off, 2on, 3off. And no we are not even close to fully staffed.

[Dustdevil]

No we work 12 hour shifts only. 2on, 2off, 3on, 2off, 2on, 3off. And no we are not even close to fully staffed.

How much has your service grown since Katrina? Significantly?

Were you fully staffed before then?

[paraloco]

you wouldn't need as many folks for 24/48's. the schedule you use sounds like one used by a few agencies here, but without the long (8 day) break. Ya'll are 3rd service under a health dept.? We do 24/48s, and with at least 2 extra 12 hour shifts per pay period (26 of them), I made in the mid 60's. One guy I know with no life and a shrew wife (meaning he doesn't like to be home) made in the 80's. We have constant staffing problems, too. Usually from injuries. It's made getting in house CE's a thing of the past. The OT makes it hard to get them elsewhere and still have a life. We were close to being fully staffed for about 1 week.