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A lot of places here are taking employees off shift and sending them to school with full pay. Those employees are also not ever writing checks to the school.

Yes, for sure you need to continue to be making your wage in school. Paramedic school is creeping up in price, most places here are charging over 10k. Grants and loans are available but many of our students struggle with eligibility. Worst case you leave early and owe some money back, interest...

If I was an EMT and working in a 911ish system in the present timeline, I would not be paying for paramedic school. If you’re employer doesn’t and you remain interested in this career—find someone to pay you to go to school.

Is it easy to plug the capno in? I like Zoll stuff but full time employers have always had Lifepaks. Our 15s are due to be replaced (six) as are the Autopulses (four). Hoping we do a good job with this evaluation.

Where does the capno plug in? Hopefully I know soon, we’re signed up to demo. Could be a while though.

Do you normally try to pass all the tests for your undergrad classes before you take the class?

Paid back the first of many trades for my wedding/honeymoon. So nice to work at a house that is not 31,000 square feet and only has six guys on the crew instead of 12. Oh yea, and getting to sleep a little too.

Saw your bendy yellow trucks when we spent the night on the way to NZ, pretty sweet.

Two weeks in New Zealand for the honeymoon. Almost as excited about two weeks off from being a probie as I am for the trip. I was lucky to live in New Zealand for six months in 2012 and did a ride along with an Auckland ambulance. I remain envious of their system.

I drove an ambulance from BraunNW (also builds for Honolulu) from Washington to Colorado. Save a bunch of money on freight and was a nice shakedown cruise (that went to the ford dealer soon after).

The industry says there is a shortage. Is it possible this shortage exists because of low compensation and poor working conditions in places? Yes. But I don’t think EMTs are struggling to get hired in most places.

What happens when your clinical guidelines don’t line up with your interaction of scripture? I doubt you will find any program that allow you not to have any vaccinations. It is unlikely that clinical sites will allow this as well. Sorry (I’m not).

Vector Scheduling/Crewsense is the best scheduler I’ve ever worked with (Aldatec, when2work, Telestaff, ESO). I am told it is a winner on the admin side as well. User interface is great, multiple ways to view the schedule/assignments, and seeing/using PTO is very easy. They are owned by vector...

Ended up accepting a lateral position to work at this “busier” place. A fat raise and cutting my commute from an hour to 15 minutes did it. Culturally they seem to get it and the department seems a bit more developed and professional. They have 24/7 EMS supervisor positions to aspire to as...

I called for a supervisor working at a city AMR op exactly once. Wasn’t cleared to RSI, they were, so they came and pushed the drugs and followed to the ED. The supe came more often than that, if you asked for cops emergent was a big one. Or if you got lost going to calls routinely, he might...