DFW area EMS

[Gunsnhozes]

I know this is a late post on the topic but MedStar IS probably your best bet in the DFW area. I started with them a month after they took over in Ft. Worth and worked there 9 years before moving on to greener pastures. They have changed a lot since then. I still have close friends that work there and from what I hear some of the problems remain as far as the City is concerned. But one thing I always enjoyed is that it's "a family" so to speak. I am sure there is some bickering and some people who do not get along but for the most part it is still a family team thing. Had a 25 year reunion in November 2011 and people that came, (some old employees some new), still made me feel like family.

All companies and providers have there share of crap to deal with. In my opinion MedStar has the least in the DFW area.

[WestMetroMedic]

I dont know much about how everything rolls down there, but i spent 2 weeks in Februrary taking my CCEMT-P at Careflite, and was very impressed with the educators they used and the Cadaver Lab at UTSW. I would, without question, drive 1000 miles down to Texas again to take another advanced certification course. There were 5 people in the class from TX (1 Careflite, 3 Scott&White and 1 from some suburb of Houston), and I was shocked at how decent EMS in Texas generally is with a couple exceptions, not at all what I expected. I kinda figured that Texas EMS was simply done on horseback, and transports accomplished by lasooing (Sp?) a patient and dragging them into the hospital Old West style... I also learned that the acronym HFD for Houston, actually stands for "Home For Dummies."