Recent content by bogart1

Man, this place is brutal! All I`m trying to say is a lot of of people employed by private ambulance services in Chicago (full time employees), don`t care that they are not respected as EMS providers. Don`t we work for a living? Don`t we pay taxes? And a lot of times, don`t we run calls that...

Hello everyone, Let me start by saying that everything I post on this forum will be related to the private ambulance service industry in the Chicagoland region. The reason for this is quite simple... "I work for a private ambulance service based in Chicago. I hope there are other EMT-Basic...

A Zombie State of Mind 2 I have a good friend who is an R.N. in an E.D. in the chicagoland area. She tells me that most paramedics who work for private ambulance services in the region (mostly those who work for Med-Ex) don`t follow proper protocols. A lot of times, they just bring patients...

So, you work on the ambulance as a hobby? I work for someone (full-time) who controls my livelihood in their hands, along with the rest of my co-workers, and no one is willing to take a stand. In my estimation, in this line of work, there are two classes of people, the worker (me) and...

Your introductory sentence to your most recent post proves my point. You do whatever the company tells you to. In my opinion, you are part of the majority of private ambulance service employees who would rather look the other way, keep your head down, and allow management to dictate the terms of...

That`s my point exactly. Are you employed by a private ambulance service in Chicago? Do you go along with whatever the owner of the company says pertaining to company policy? Or, if you disagree with the owner, do you voice your disagreement to management, or just gripe to your co-workers?

The point I was trying to make is... most employees of private ambulance services in Chicago are content with whatever policies the owners make. They rarely want to "make waves". And I know a few that would turn on their partners in the blink of an eye, when faced with disciplinary action from...

Zombie State of Mind The biggest problem with the private ambulance companies in chicago is most of the employees can`t see past what the owners give them. There`s no sense of "brotherhood" throughout the region. The majority of these women and men only care about a paycheck. And most of the...