RocketMedic
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Are y'all looking for paramedics?
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Were you asking me?
RocketMedic
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Yep lol. I did paramedic school clinicals in Presidio. It was really, really different.
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I miss working out in West Texas. Nothing like three trucks covering 8k Sq miles lol.
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Did you do them when farrow or his predecessor was there?
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This shop used to be all paramedics. The EMR I was with the other night learned a whole lot from them. We are moving forward though. Protocols have been redone but haven't been approved or distributed yet.
So, you already know it's 150 miles to Walmart. It gets hot. They have paved some more streets, which holds the dust down. There's a new trailer park up on the hill just north of the big Cross. There are some apartments available, some are nice, others are blah..
Some shifts you can do a 48 without a call, but other times you can make 3 trips + to Alpine. Pay might not be what you are used to, but expenses really aren't either. They do pay pretty good for basics from what I can gather. City is trying to hold our overtime down, but it is basically uncontrollable if the call rates get heavy. The closest we get to IFT calls is taking patients to the hospital from one of the clinics.
https://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=KPRS&MR=1
The lack of humidity might take a little getting used to.
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It can go from nothing to crazy in a matter of minutes. Summer can make things worse, not just from the heat, but the T-storms over the mountains will keep some planes from coming down if we need to fly somebody out.
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Stuff like start IVs, Epi 1:1, Ketorolac, Nubain, Promethazine, Zofran. Maybe Basics elsewhere can do that too, but not to many places from the little I know. Don't know if the new protocols will expand that or not. The AEMT class will go a long way to making things better here. IF we pass....
No, ALS, from the town up north can meet us on the highway about 25 north of town and we will pick up one of their guys and then run to the hospital. That way they aren't totally uncovered. If the town north of us is on a call and we are busy the folks from 90 miles away make the run. Sucks for the patients, but that's the way it is.
There have been times when we have had to have ambulances from all three towns on the road at the same time. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
No, ALS, from the town up north can meet us on the highway about 25 north of town and we will pick up one of their guys and then run to the hospital. That way they aren't totally uncovered. If the town north of us is on a call and we are busy the folks from 90 miles away make the run. Sucks for the patients, but that's the way it is.
There have been times when we have had to have ambulances from all three towns on the road at the same time. Doesn't happen often, but it does happen.
RocketMedic
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I was Facebook acquainted with Farrow but never met him. Bert Bejrano was my preceptor.
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Farrow was one of my medic instructors. Great guy
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Just cuz'...
CALEMT
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How to speak Australian...
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That moment when you're half crew, chilling put in dispatch. And just watching all the incoming calls....got so bad we actually called another company to cover one of our areas for a bit (fortunately we didn't need them to run any calls, but still....)
RocketMedic
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Presidio used to have ridiculously advanced stuff. Field insulin drips, antibiotics, etc. I'd honestly love to go back and make it an ALS service again.
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@CALEMT good series. The Angels undoubtedly gave us the hardest time thus far.
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Yesterday's walk-off off a strikeout was interesting.