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    Are Private ambulance really EMS?

    I work for an ambulance service that primarily does transport. from dialysis to discharge to city to city, State to state transport & some "911" from nursing home, special hospitals, people having emergencies wanting to go to their preferred hospital, Whenever we take somebody to the ER we get...
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    STEMI call. Lights & sirens. Dispatch problem.

    So were a private ambulance& we were posted outside a freestanding ER & the RRT came up to us & told us we have a STEMI, so we rolled in & seen a nurse talking to our dispatch before we even got the page. Went in the room & seen the pt, the nurses working on the pt, family, my medic got the...
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    Need an opinion/advice.

    Hello everyone. I've been working as an EMT for a private ambulance company for about 6 months now. Everybody who's worked private ambulance knows the deal or what it's all about (dialysis, discharge, ift, some "911" from a snf, 911 assist, taxi, etc.) Now I am somewhat torn between "I didn't go...
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    Planning on going to EKG/Phlebotomy school.

    Hey guys. Would it be a good idea to go to EKG/Phlebotomy school? Or just go straight to medic school? I'm currently an EMT. I plan on going to medic school eventually but I'm in no rush cause I know medic school is hard. So I'm thinking if I take that class I could start working at a hospital...
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    Red light. I might've blown past it.

    So we were doing a 4hr 15mins IFT & maybe about 3hr 45mins in we took a turn to a county road that ran for like 20 something miles, I was driving 60mph the whole time then there was a flashing light indicating there was a stop light ahead of us, the coast was clear in all directions & suddenly...
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    Private Ambulance Paramedic.

    Is it worth it to become a medic for a private ambulance company who primarily does IFT? I'm an EMT right now & I've been riding ALS more & more these days & one medic told me just like an EMT on a BLS unit, they're "glorified baby sitters with a monitor & a higher chance of something happening...
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    IFT BLS EMT

    Hello everyone. I'm an emt-b & I work for a private ambulance, we primarily do IFT. This is my first ems job & I've been doing it for three months now. However I feel like doing BLS IFT gets no respect from other health care professionals, like one time we were about to take a pt to a snf so I...
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