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  1. aquabear

    Has anyone heard of Ameripride Ambulance?

    A small company doesn't mean that it is "shady." If you're looking for a job, I wouldn't recommend a place that primarily runs dialysis calls because you lose your skills because you don't use them on a daily basis due to the monotony of those calls. While you will make more money at a "dialysis...
  2. aquabear

    SDMSE contract renewal (rural metro)

    Paramedics Plus is hemorrhaging money from their AlCo operations and just lost their Oklahoma City/Tulsa EMSA contract... I don't think they will be bidding on any large contracts anytime soon. ***COMPLETELY UNRELATED*** Bob Filner for Creepy Old Man of the Year.
  3. aquabear

    Has anyone heard of Ameripride Ambulance?

    info They're a typical con-home and dialysis transport company. I've seen them a few times at local ER's around the South Bay...
  4. aquabear

    Any good ambulance companies in Orange County

    I worked for Bowers/Pacific and left a few months after the Rural/Metro take over. The policy when I left was that Bowers/Pacific employees couldn't transfer to another Rural/Metro Division, they would have to apply for openings on the regular Rural/Metro careers site. That being said, if...
  5. aquabear

    Gerber ambulance 2013

    First-In is a call where a patient or patient's family calls dispatch directly for a transport, usually BLS however some turn into ALS calls where the EMT crew will call for fire to respond.
  6. aquabear

    Starting my application for UCLA Paramedic Program

    The January and September classes usually have the least spots for private students and the process is more competitive. I would recommend getting experience in the 911 setting and apply for the May class which traditionally has had the most spots for private students. During the admissions...
  7. aquabear

    Gerber ambulance 2013

    Gerber still transports for Torrance Fire and does IFTs and First-In's, the split is approx. 40% 911 and 60% IFT/First-In. During my time at Gerber the Ops Manager and the HR manager were replaced and the new Ops Manager reimplemented code-2 IFT units to take some of the IFT call volume off of...
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