Recent content by Abarency

A majority of the time I need the on duty car back to quarters to get the fresh crew on the road. Couple that with the fact that they may be up to 30 mins away from their quarters and the chance of a late call is high.

Do you think that its the amount of stress or more the type of stress? We all have the ability to allow eustress to focus us but throw in the smallest wrench and it becomes distress.

We are 98% SSM. The problem is we don't have a "slow area". I would love to get our system to the point that someone is held over once every week or two... I have never heard an employee complain that they are taking a 911 call after their out time but I know you can only take so much...

This is an interesting topic as I have seen this in medics that have been around longer than me. Sometimes you can even hear it in their voice over the radio.

Primarily we run 12 hour shifts. Crew changes on 24 hour cars (non peak cars) occur between 04:00-07:00 and respectively 12 hours later. Peak cars come in at numerous times throughout the day. There is 4 different bases where crew changes occur at. 3 of which (suburbs) only have on average...

Due to the lack of a forum for members of management to discuss industry wide problems I'm going to start this here. I don't want that to sound like I'm only going to listen/respect responses from management. I will take every suggestion seriously. I'm here to improve what we all love. A...

Why isn't there a forum for members of EMS management to come together and work on industry wide problems? Sharing something that works in your system could potentially save a life across the country...