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I agree 100% Practice and actually pay attention to whats going on! Doing actual CPR on a real patient is not practice. Actually pull the mannequins out on a regular basis. Practice your rate and depth of compression. I was really shocked when we started being able to review CPR quality. The...

Getting your text early is fantastic advice. I teach in a college setting. We have mandatory information sessions for students prior to admission to our program. I tell every prospective student this. I will even tell them what will be covered the first two weeks of class and the assignments...

Old thread but I'll add my input. Most drop because they enter the class thinking it is an easy class as others say in this thread. EMT is not an easy class if it is taught correctly. The 120 minimum hour concept for EMT training has to go. The EMT class I teach is 300 class hours and 48...

Do you administer Imagetrend for your service? I to find Fieldbridge ok and a good report writing software. I work on the back end in Servicebridge administering our site as well as do QA/QI. I despise this software. Not user friendly at all unless you happen to have an IT degree.

We don't use Statebridge or Rescuebridge. We have Servicebridge and Fieldbridge on the toughbooks.

Use Imagetrend, wanting to switch to ESO. The old run reports were my major concern. I know I would have to enter all the providers, etc again. Was just wondering if I had to go find a call from lets say 4 years ago, I could still pull that run report.

We are considering switching ePCR providers. Anyone else done this? What were the issues? Did you loose all of your old data? Did it transfer to the new system? I administer our current software and am wondering what I might encounter with a software provider switch.

My department, East Baton Rouge City/Parish EMS is dual medic.

I work for East Baton Rouge City/Parish EMS. 3rd Service Municipal. I believe we make more than the FD. Very good EMS service to work for.

The Louisiana operations is Acadian. Texas and Mississippi operations are subsidiaries. I don't know what kind of reciprocity issues you would have in La. Just give a copy of nremt card and fee. Same as in Texas. Now if you were going to work both states of course you would need cents in both...

They are transfer there like they are in Baton Rouge but you would still get plenty of emergency and 911 rollover calls. You would not just respond in N.O.

I am still trying to figure out the difference except the title. I am a Certified Texas Paramedic as well. I could be Licensed as I qualify with my BS degree but have not found a reason to spend the extra cash for anything other than the title. It don't seem to get you any extra pay. I just did...

I sometimes get an email from this forum asking why I haven't visited in a year so I come back to check it out. I then see post like this and it reminds me why I don't visit. It is a mentality like this that does it for me. For those that wonder why EMS gets treated like it does. Here's you sign.

The area in Texas they cover kinda sucks but you are close to Houston and that is a cool city. I have lived and worked the Texas area and South East Louisiana. I prefer Louisiana much better (depending what area you live) but would have no problem living back in Texas. I would live closer to...

It's been 10 years since I worked for them and they recruit a bit different now. I believe each district/region has their own recruiter now. I believe if you contact their main operation in Lafayette they will take your information and talk to you. I believe they then look at where openings are...

I live on the other side of the state and don't know much about them. I do believe they do some 911 stuff outside Shreveport and do 911 back up in the city. I sometimes see them in Baton Rouge at hospitals bringing transfers in. I have no idea what they pay.

OK, this is my last post on this one as there is no need to hash this out and beat a dead horse. You continually fail to realize that I am not supporting this concept. I don't have to post in a conservative manner on this forum as I do not own it. I post as well not from my attitude but from...

Forgot to add to, Comparing Rural EMS to a Rural hospital is like comparing apples to chainsaws. Not even the same planet. Rural EMS is provided by the guy that owns the hardware store on a part time volunteer basis taking time from his job and family. Rural hospitals are staffed by full time...

Sorry, got to disagree with you. I want to get to definitive care. Didn't say I was gonna jump for joy. You can just lay there and wait for a provider that meets your requirements. Hope they bring their resume. I knew there would be comments like this. Evidently you have never lived in BFE...