If you could work anywhere, where would it be?

[Flasurfbum]

Any Tower Co. for Orlando Fire Dept. 8)

[sirduke]

Pagosa Springs Co

[Dustdevil]

If you are interested in that area of TX, I once looked into the system in Tyler about fifteen years ago. It seemed like a great place to be back then. Don't know about now.

Tyler is run by East Texas Medical Centre EMS, which also runs EMSA in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Although, their Texas operations are notoriously low paying, relying heavily on EMTs, and have the ugliest uniforms ever seen in the United States. Sea Foam green pants with light green shirts, having Sea Foam green shoulders and sleeves. They are frequently mistaken for 7up truck drivers or Jiffy Lube techs.

[tniuqs]

I would pick a service Hospital based service, associated with medivac and have an option to work part time in the ER doing some Primary Care under an proactive MDs direction that had access to practice intubations in an OR

(within walking distance commute to work) snowshoes in the winter and bike in the summer and near a big water (Lake or Ocean)

And work in Dusts Clinic, 3 months out of the year ... but just in the Iraq Winter.

[akroeze]

I would pick a service Hospital based service, associated with medivac and have an option to work part time in the ER doing some Primary Care under an proactive MDs direction that had access to practice intubations in an OR

(within walking distance commute to work) snowshoes in the winter and bike in the summer and near a big water (Lake or Ocean)

And work in Dusts Clinic, 3 months out of the year ... but just in the Iraq Winter.

When you find this service, let me know

[Christopher.Collins]

Hmmm, well this seems like a good forum to get started in. Hey everyone... Ive been gone the past couple weeks due to a family emergency. Hope your all well.

Anyways, Id work just about anywhere outside the State of CT. Ideally, though Acadian Ambulance has appealed to me since JEMS did an article on them a while back. From regular ground transport to air and other oppurtunities (working on oil rigs)... they just seem to have alot to offer, including oppurtunities to move up. Does it make them a good company by that alone? Not nessecarilly, but Ive spoke to some employees and they seem fairly happy. Not the usual rolling of eyes and sighs I get around my area about the places they work.

[Niftymedi911]

My dream job is where I'm currently working.... 4 yrs of service as of November. I would also like to work for Austin -Travis County and Wake County.

Lee County Public Safety Division of Emergency Medical Services

EMT-B / Paramedic / CCEMT-P

Highest paid 3rd service EMS system in the State of Florida. EMT's start @ 44k/yr and Medics start @ 53k/yr

37 Truck ALS 9-1-1 Division // ALS / BLS IFT divison // Critical Care Division (2 Helo's and a Critical Care Truck)

Advanced, Pro-active, Agressive Guidelines 99% off-line directives (only need to call for orders if you would like to administer more of a drug that u've axed out on based on protocol) provide a true freedom to practice medicine. Tridil Drips, CAM (Crash Airway Management), EMT-B IV's and administering Beta agonist updrafts, a wide range of drugs including Ativan and Fentanyl, and coming soon an advanced induced hypothermia not only for ROSC pt's but also Traumatic head injuries.

The area's most agressive training department with monthly in-services with specialists, paid training and CEU's, and a full-time Clinical Educator to further the education and knowledge base of the paramedics and EMT's. In the works is a combined Regional EMS training facility for all of Lee Counties First Responders.

Stryker Power Pro's, Zoll M Series with 12 lead, NIBP, SPO2, ETCO2, IVAC pumps, CareVents, ResQPod's, Image Trend e-PCR program

Proactive Public Education and Envolvement

www.lee-ems.com/ems/default.htm

[tniuqs]

And coming soon an advanced induced hypothermia not only for ROSC pt's but also Traumatic head injuries.

Best look to evidence based medicine studies with that especially pediatrics .

Sure sounds like a top Notch show ... now if I could only speak "yall"

cheers

[Niftymedi911]

We've got a couple Canadians working for us. eh?

[tniuqs]

Hmmm, well this seems like a good forum to get started in. Hey everyone... Ive been gone the past couple weeks due to a family emergency. Hope your all well.

Anyways, Id work just about anywhere outside the State of CT. Ideally, though Acadian Ambulance has appealed to me since JEMS did an article on them a while back. From regular ground transport to air and other oppurtunities (working on oil rigs)... they just seem to have alot to offer, including oppurtunities to move up. Does it make them a good company by that alone? Not nessecarilly, but Ive spoke to some employees and they seem fairly happy. Not the usual rolling of eyes and sighs I get around my area about the places they work.

They do have an employee buy in / shares (worker ownership) a good motivational tool which is very different than most operations that are Privately Owned. I have a good friend a training officer that works out of BR, he just recieved an asscociates degree with Acadian assistance, I suspect he may be going further up the educational ladder.

Plus they get all the huge ass Hurricanes too ... just a bit of gallows humour there, my bad?

I do personally have concern with the fling wing they operate, single Pilot, single Paramedic ... thats just not a good recipe in my personal books (and night operations without IFR is scary stuff) and on the BK 105 .. as this was designed as a "twitchy" gun ship.

Guess no ones perfect. 8)

Up side is they operate KA 200 (a great machine, good beefy gear for rough airstrips, a proven reliable Medicac Bird) and a Lear which is all good fun.

"I feel, I feel the need fer SPEED !" quoting Maverick in Top Gun.

Nifty ..... (I Tell You What) LMFAO, dang knarly .... my the investment in rossetta stone is paying off .... Eh?

But best check those passports there is a diffence between a Canadian and someone packing a Canadian passport .... oh don't get me going .... what do you call them ? ... Frozen backs ? j/k.

cheers