Recent content by Dustoff707

Thanks for the response Potato, I suppose it would be the central / south / west region, Boise area or in that general vicinity anyway. Appreciate the information dude. I’ve worked in a good amount of states PRN while in the military, NY, Texas, Louisiana now full time. How are the protocols out...

Good evening yall, I was a tiny bit active on this forum years ago, not sure how active it is these days but I figured I’d give it a shot. I’m a Flight Paramedic in Louisiana currently, plenty of time doing inter-facility transfers, 911, critical care and flight critical care medicine under my...

I thought it was better than the first one, almost like the directors learned something.

Believe me, everyone still in wants it, politics and such though.

All of your statements are spot on. I’d just add a few things. Communities are slowing coming around to, specifically, utilizing Army flight medics for assistance due to the fact that with the Paramedic and critical care training our guidelines are fairly in line with what other HEMS agencies...

So yeah, it largely depends on where you are stationed. Fort Bliss in West Texas gets a decent amount of calls and has a crew on station 24/7. They do hoist missions rescues throughout west Texas and medevacs if the civilian life flights turn down the mission. On post in their training area they...

I know of plenty of flight medics that suck at swimming lol! Yeah, it’s not exactly entry level and highly depends on how you want to go about it. Our whole pipeline is also changing, from 2012 until last year training was contracted through UTHSCSA in San Antonio now it’s all internal at Fort...

Since it was brought up here by the way, I have current information and know those at the Army flight medic schoolhouse for those that are interested. Going Guard as a flight medic isn’t as hard as you would think if you are a Paramedic.

Do your best to stand out. I’ve seen Army flight medics right out of the Army get hired by air ambulance services who have very little civilian experience. If you interview well, know your stuff and have some interesting stuff to put on your resume as well as 911 experience you will do well. Oh...

Thanks for the help and the suggestion in regards to Coryell Memorial EMS. I contacted them about PRN employment and also let them know I was still waiting on my state card. They told me I can apply immediately to save some time so I'm hopeful. I sent applications to AMR and Acadian as well but...

Thanks for all the suggestions, one more question, is a company / agency that doesn't currently have any part time job postings worth reaching out to in this area? I know sometimes companies will still take a resume and consider part time employment if they need people enough but I've been out...

Thanks Rocket, iirc you've been in the area awhile now. Yeah I'd rather not get stuck on IFT's, I did some of those in NY and preferred 911 over them all day every day. That's kind of why I was leaning towards AMR. AMR Temple has no part-time positions posted, AMR Waco does. It's a bit far but...

First off good evening and happy Thanksgiving everyone. Long story short I'm looking for some insight on part time / per diem paramedic opportunities in the central Texas area. Backstory for me, I'm an active duty Army flight medic who really wants to get back on an ambulance. Obviously still...

The Army timeline is this, 8 weeks of an NREMT-B accredited class followed by the NREMT-B written and psychomotor exam. You have to pass the NREMT-B to progress. After that it's 8 weeks of tactical medicine with splashes of clinical medicine here and there but the emphasis is TCCC medicine. One...

Hehe, got 'em coach.