Family members have told me "no don't try to work in Detriot it's a bad area" but they don't really know anything, they think I'll get shot or something because of what they see on the news.. I don't know. Anyway I know some emts working there and also seen they were hiring. IF, I could get a job there would it be a good idea to take it? I just want some experience before moving onto medic, whatever it may be.
Would Detriot be a bad area for a first ems job?
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Woodtownemt
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Never been there but I can imagine you would get good experience. Just make sure you know where your going. Netflix had a doc about Detroit FD called burn I would try to check it out. If you do pursue it good luck and embrace the suck.
Woodtownemt
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Oh I use the term "good" experience very loosely here. Saw some videos on YouTube that showed the dark side too.
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I think a year with DFD EMS would be a fantastic introduction to this industry.
Thanks, just checked out that documentary was worth the watch.
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FWIW Detroit leads the nation with the worst hospital discharge rates from cardiac arrest at 1%. Granted, they should be cut a little slack being that they obviously work a good amount of trauma codes but whatever the hell they are doing doesn't seem to be working. Either way, it's still good experience...
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1% really that's all. Whats the national standard do you know?
281mustang
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We're in the low 20's where I work and Seattle leads the country at I believe around 40-50%. I want to say the national average is in the neighborhood of 15% or so.
Keep in mind these are hospital discharge rates where the pt is fully neurologically intact, which is entirely different that just flooding someone with enough epi to achieve ROSC.
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Measuring cardoac arrest resuscitations to determine an employer is like picking a car based on the number of times the brand has won races.