Recent content by AceThunderstone

Yes. I don't know the exact cost or how it scales with time worked but here is the contract in full. AMERICAN MEDICAL RESPONSE MUTUAL AGREEMENT PARAMEDIC SCHOLARSHIP IN-HOUSE PROGRAM As an employee of American Medical Response (AMR), I understand that the scholarship program provides for the...

The EMSA program is affiliated with Redlands Community College in El Reno, OK. Currently, the Eastern division in Tulsa is also sending students to Tulsa Community College as they just started a program as well. To be accepted into the program requires 6 months experience as an EMT at EMSA...

Tulsa Tech doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to their paramedic program. You have to be pretty motivated to teach yourself going there. EMSA's program actually came about from Tech's struggle to turn out competent paramedics. That's not to say that some good medics went there but...

Here, after 6 months of full time employment, any EMT can apply to the in-house program which is just under a year in length. You'll be in class Monday through Thursday 0800-0500 and work 2 12 hour shifts during the other 4 days. All hours in class are paid minus an hour each day for lunch. All...

I say don't take the bonus because it comes with a two year contract, making it more difficult to quit should you hate it. It also means you won't be able to go part time in that period. It sounds stupid, but part time paramedics actually make more money since they qualify for bonuses for shifts...

We're understaffed and struggling to fill the roster. That's what it takes to get people to pick up enough extra shifts to have enough trucks to meet response time requirements. We're to the point where almost every extra shift is eligible for the bonus. They are suppose to be a temporary fix...

I'll say Pafford is clinically ahead of EMSA for sure but there are several in the northeast that are heads and shoulders above either. And I mostly see their Rogers County operation who has hired several medics who were fired from EMSA for incompetence. Real incompetence too. Stuff I got to...

That's about as positive a post about EMSA as I've seen you make. Though i don't see any of the things you listed in the cons section. I've seen OMD come down on the medics side more often than not. And I work with some very aggressive medics. Education is a different story but they don't really...

Good. I hold no delusion that EMSA is the best at anything. It just a good starting point for me and is a far better option than Pafford, Mercy, or Miller. Once I fulfill my contractual obligations and gain some experience in the process, I'll move on as well. Though not to south Texas. In the...

They're paying pretty well and have significantly improved EMS Plus. Which isn't saying much. They only do 911 in Glenpool as of now and are pushing hard for every IFT they can get. EMS Plus was a joke before Guardian so no one there is complaining and they've even poached a few medics just...

Correct. There's a paramedic on every truck and they always ride in back. That's not to say you don't get to do anything, you actually do a lot if you're a decent EMT, but you're not technically ever in charge on a call.

Remi is right. The "big-city experience" is not all it's cracked up to be. But since you asked... It's not a bad place to work. Perhaps not a place to make a career for most who work here but definitely one of the better AMR operations. It's also important to remember that there are weird...

I didn't say we do a few skills on scene, I said many of us do everything you just mentioned besides signing the paperwork and sitting in the captain's chair while the ambulance is moving. No, it's not attending in the strictest sense but we do far and away more than what you seem to think.

We're not necessarily only drivers. The medic signs the paperwork and has to ride in back when we transport, but we spend a lot of time on scene doing things. We do assessments and perform everything within our scope and then some. A lot of us do tech the calls, we're just sure to get everything...

Eh. With the exception of some of the nicer fire departments and the tribal ambulances, that's the best you're going to do as a new emt. It's also far cheaper to live here than where the OP is coming from.