Recent content by GaMedic

I will say this, out of the 2 EMS services I currently work for. One has standing orders for chemical restraints. The other does not even have the medications to do so let alone permission to do so. I can count on one hand the number of times I have seen soft restraints broken. It happens but it...

Acadian pay depends on the type of shift you are working. They have a pay scale that changes depending on where you work. I know for the Louisiana operations it was $16.00 an hour in areas where there wasn't a competing agency. In areas where you had a competing agency (East Baton Rouge Parish...

When I was looking around at jobs abroad I came across Australia. The problem with Australia is they're education requirements are a lot higher than the US. I didn't look into EMTs there because I am a medic but from a medic standpoint.. US medic education isn't a drop in the bucket to what is...

The school I went to had a shift friendly class. They taught the same thing on Mon,Tues then another class on Wed,Thurs.. Fridays were make up days for anything you missed or wanted more one on one time with instructors. You had to attend a day 1 class (Mon,Tues) and a day 2 class (Wed,Thurs) a...

When I can carry a duty weapon legally, I will consider this until then... You can find me staged down the block and if that isn't good enough.. You want fries with that? :cool:

No ride along needed DEmedic, that was the first place I was going to submit my app to. I really loved it up there, it was basically the south in the north. Its taken a lot longer than I expected to get all of my affairs in order to get to the point of actually being able to move. They are in...

Hello, Its finally come time for me to pick up my roots and head north. This is something I have been planning for well over a year now. I have did some personal research and went and rode with a couple companies in and around the New England area. So my question is while trying to avoid the...

There are several problems with running code 3. Usually people who are new to the field think it gives them the right to drive like they're on a race track. Then you run into the main danger of running lights. The public are generally idiots and will stop in front of you, pull over to the left...

Great show for sure

Heard through the grapevine that Bartow is in trouble. Far as Amtran goes yes they do because they are a transport service. Services I know for a fact that use EMTs on ALS and BLS trucks: Bartow (for now) Floyd Gordon Amtran Central Whitfield Murray UMR Edit: Oops forgot: Redmond and Angel

As stated above EMT-Basic doesn't mean jack here. But those that stated places will only hire AEMT's are incorrect. Intermediates are fine, but keep in mind if you work most places in the Metro area. Rural/Metro,Metro Atlanta and I even think Central and Pucket EMS have all moved to...

CBT is a very unpredictable beast. I know several 30+ year medics who swear that every so many applicants to test one gets selected to take a survey test. Regardless of how well they do its going out to 150. Which makes sense because its an ever evolving test. They have to do research on...

Here in Georgia the state has stopped issuing Intermediate license. AEMT is the new Intermediate. People who are currently Intermediate level training have until 2016 I think to do the CE needed to upgrade their licenses. Several schools in the metro area have started offering bridge classes.

Website is amazing.. The only way I see it worth spending money on Oakleys is on that site.

What I thought as well, but after the cut off date when your licenses expire unless my understanding of the video is totally jacked up.. Which is possible I was coming off a hell shift where I think I ran 22 calls in 24hrs..... Something of that nature. Is that once the date is here, you are...