Thoughs about AMR?

[Just Plain Ruff]

I worked for AMR. Not a bad place if you like the fact that your replaceable and quickly.

There are some places that AMR runs that you might be more than a number, but I don't know of many.

It's all how you work the job. If you are ok with the status quo of being a number and replaceable then you will fit in well.

Go to the interview if you have one and see where it takes you.

Just don't drink the Kool-Aid!!!!

I think that if you have not worked for AMR in the past and I did for over 4 years, then do you really know how things are operated there?

Sure, you can talk to your EMS friends but seriously, most of those who hate AMR havent' worked ffor them.

The management of AMR in Independence MIssouri was pretty good. Home grown supervisors who had a vested interest in their friendships, Equipment that was pretty darn state of the art and a number of nice places to post the ambulance. We were supposed to be within 4 blocks of a post and if you could go to a nice restaurant and the like in that 4 blocks then by all means they encouraged it (management did).

They also had an open door policy which a lot of times did not work out to your advantage but at least the door was open to discuss problsms.

I had a 4 partners in the 4 years that I was there. The only times I had a different partner was when my partner was sick or I was pulling an overtime shift.

The job is all in what you make of it. If you go in thinking you will hate thejob or dislike it then you will find some way to do just that. If you go in with an open mind and a we'll see attitude then who knows, it might be your place to work till retirement.

Edited March 15, 2011 by Ruffems

[Lone Star]

I didn't have to work for them to see how they did things, and the results of their actions.

When MY service is dispatched for a call, through MY dispatch; and I roll up to find an AMR rig on scene...or find that my patient was transported by AMR, its not too awful difficult to figure out my call was 'jumped'. This wasn't a 'one time only occurrence'.

Out of the following 11 counties that I know had AMR providing EMS services to, only ONE county still has AMR...and thats because they have a training facility there.

Genesee

Jackson

Kent (AMR Training Facility)

Lapeer

Livingston

Macomb

Oakland

Saginaw

Shiawassee

Tuscola

Wayne

Michigan AMR Locations

*Edited to correct formatting and glaring spelling errors.

Edited March 16, 2011 by Lone Star