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Asheville is awesome! There was already thread talking about this a few weeks back that I chimed in on. Link below. http://www.emtlife.com/showthread.php?t=32733

Looks like Air Methods has a job opening in El Paso for a Flight Medic. I lurk on their job board occasionally and they seem to be good about keeping their employment section current. https://rn21.ultipro.com/AIR1006/JobBoard/JobDetails.aspx?__ID=*D21B15A4A9D05DA7#.UetY7m3cBFI There ya go.

Most of the counties in North Carolina have separate transporting ALS from the Fire department, including the large cities. Buncombe County EMS for Asheville, Medic for Charlotte, Forsyth County EMS for Winston-Salem, etc. Worcester, MA has all of their EMS done by the paramedics of UMass...

Mondays in Metro on m39 and Fridays in Leominster on m7. I didn't pick up a lot of shifts in Worcester. Also, it appears you are from FL as well, I was born and raised in Clearwater before moving up to Mass.

Medstar also does primary 911 too! They're the primary 911 for Fitchburg and they do ALS intercepts with Leominster, Lunenburg, Lancaster, Harvard, Devens, and Groton, and they're one of the backup 911 services for Worcester. It was the first place I worked as a paramedic and it will always have...

That is really friggin cool. Keep us posted!

Damn it actually sounds as cool as I think it is. Incredible. What happens if/when you get a really sick patient that needs tertiary care? Say you're out to sea and you have a patient with a STEMI that got intubated and has medications running. I assume the Coast Guard would be called to hoist...

Always happy to see this thread come back to life. Now that a few of you have been working on the ship for a while, can you guys give any updates on how the job is? What is a typical day on the job like? What sorts of cool places have you been to so far?

I think it's upper 14's to mid 15's/hr at Mission. Certainly do not quote me on that but that's my hunch. Cost of living is pretty low in the area so it kind of evens out. Most of the municipal EMS pays similar I believe. Don't quote me on that either though. As for CCEMTP, I recommend the...

Sunstar Paramedics in Pinellas County is almost always hiring paramedics. They seem like a pretty good service. It's system status management but its necessary for them because they cover the whole county. Most of the towns in Pinellas county have FD based ALS ambulances, but Sunstar gets...

I kind of agree with these posts. There is a large artsy hippy crowd there. But if you're not into that sort of thing you can just as easily avoid it too. If you get out of the city, it turns back into good ol' Western North Carolina real quick. The city and the surrounding area are beautiful...

Just got done with CCEMTP school in Asheville. I can help here. Most of the counties in Western NC have their own municipal EMS. Most are ALS level. Not sure which ones are hiring right now. Mission Hospital, which is the level 2 trauma center and referral center for the region, runs their...

Hey folks, I'm flying out to Albuquerque to interview and test for paramedic with AAS. I've heard the written exam they give is wicked hard. Anybody got any pointers/advice?

American Ambulance in CT is not related to the American Ambulance in South FL/Massachusetts. South FL American and American in Mass are the same company, and one of my buddies that works there mentioned something about them being bought out by Falck.

I check these sites regularly just for fun. All are updated almost daily with new jobs. indeed.com, monster.com, simplyhired.com to name a few. EMS in Western Mass there are a few options. Action Ambulance has a base in Pittsfield, County Ambulance is in Pittsfield, Pioneer Valley EMS is...