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I am considering accepting a job at patriot ambulance in Lawrence, MA. I was just wondering if any of you have experience with this company, or can let me know what I'm in for. I know they hold the main 911 contract for the city of Lawrence, so the call volume should be good.

Cool. Well I can't claim to have ever been stressed out. Going into my senior year of highschool, everyone seems really highstrung, and I seem to just coast by with honor roll grades...doesn't seem fair, but I'll take it. Considering getting my medic, doing tha tfor a while, and then getting...

In your service, how many people would you say, and I hate using cliches, "burn out" and how fast? I run 2-3 calls a day, and I can't imagine getting sick of it, btu I hear it happens a lot...I want to get my medic and do it professionally, for a living, but if its something i'm going to hate...

I live in the boston area, I'm interested to know how much Boston EMS pays, because I'm seriously considering this as my lifes work, and at this point, I've done a lot of number crunching. I know that it varies alot from region to region, so I"m just wondering what MA medics start out at in...

Alright. Thanks guys. EMT Bs here make around 12/hour which probably means medics are close to 20. It makes me sick how people saving lives make significantly less than some dumbass bouncing a ball. But, I've always said that money isn't that important. I really enjoy ems, so I"m not...

This reminds me of a film I just saw in psychology where this crazy chemist made a super strong batch of heroin and sold it to dealers, knowing well it could kill people. It's probably not the same thing at all, but that's what it made me think of. Luckily I'm a few hundered miles away.

Feel free to ignore it. How much do you medics get paid annually, because its something I would really enjoy doing as a profession, if there's enough money to be made...

The town selectmen know nothing about what we spend our money on. They trust that we know what we need, and give us money based on that. We have complete control, which has been nice, they just want to turn us into a profit organization, which isn't going to happen with our call base. We might...

We have a budget that the town gives us annually, and we can spend the money on what we need. We only need to go through them if we need more money for whatever reason. The dramatic issue was merely billing, but it got a little out of hand and became really heated. Umm...We met with...

Okay, here's how things work. The ambulance squad is a company out of our town, harvard mass. Thusly, it's included in our town budget. We get donations for being volunteer, and we get town grants. We're 100% non profit. The people in the town are generally pretty well off, financially...

I dont think you guys understand completely. We have the funds for a new ambulance, and just spent 3500 on supplies and equipment. Our budget is not suffering at all. We have a squad that is actually too big. We have never been unable to get a crew together, and often times the problem is more...

Oh- and about the cutting off of funding, yeah it would happen. That's what a couple of the selectmen want. They hate us because we contest them from time to time...

The thing is though, we dont want to bill. We like offering a service to our town for free, because we believe that there's no reason people should have to pay to get a trip to the hospital, and we haven't had any financial problems thus far, because our reputation is such that if you need...

To start billing. The selectmen from our town have been on our case for the last 2-3 years regarding their desire for us to bill. We have such a great thing going here right now, and our response time is usually far less than 10 minutes. WE have very few calls, and regardless of whether or not...

You dont live far from me. Cool

It really disturbs me that the ambulance wasn't equipped with an AED. Even if the police don't have them, the ambulance shoudl, undoubtebly. We run off town grants and donations, and we've managed to purchase an AED. Its absurd to stick them on firetrucks since generally they won't be responding...

I'm a seventeen year old highschool junior with a part time job and I was able to pass the class, and I'm now certified. It was a wonderful experience. I dont know if I'll look for a profession in the EMS category, but for me it was just a great great great life experience to have. To have the...

Guys, lets face it. Our job is exciting. We rely on patients to do to do it. I'm not gonna lie, there have been days when I've certainly hoped someone would injur themselves so I could hop in the ambulance. I've given up on trying to sugar coat it. :P

Never happened before. I imagine if it did, we'd send someone to the station to get the rig, or call mutal aid, whichever was more convinient...

I had a lift assist today too. Also should have been transported. Absolutely refused. Admitted to ETOH too. Officer on duty advised not to push it, and we had a local doctor stop by to make sure he was alright. He was fine to verbal stimuli...He's a regular. One hell of a character. "sir do...