Ambulance Drivers

[H33]

Does anyone else still have ambulance drivers? I don't mean EMR's, EMT's I mean cpr and an EVOC class.

 

[CALEMT]

Theres a volunteer ambulance in California Hot Springs, CA (Tulare Co.) that is strictly a driver (CPR and no EVOC) and 1 EMT.

 

[Flying]

Plenty of them around the volly agencies and the scattered IFT companies.

 

[H33]

I did not even know it was still a thing in my state, had not seen one in years, but here I sit at a service that does not seem to hire EMT's, we have paramedic and driver or AEMT and driver and that's it, And this is not IFT or Volunteer this is straight up single provider 911.

 

[Tigger]

Well that's one way to cut costs. There is a service near me that employs a couple of full time medics and relies on volunteers for the remainder of their staffing. They still have some "driver only" people, but they aren't paid members.

 

[chaz90]

A few of the departments in my area actually pay CPR/EVOC driver only staff, and plenty of them will use volunteer drivers who aren't EMTs.

I truly can't figure out the utility of paying someone to only drive, but I don't really mind a volunteer driver only (insofar as I totally disagree with volunteer EMS, but I digress).

 

[H33]

I don't have any particular grudge with volunteer EMS, years ago before I decided that I hated being poor I would even give a little of my time in such an endeavor, what kills me here is two fold one we get plenty of licensed experienced EMT applicants but alas we hire almost exclusively drivers. Then we compound this by paying them well enough that they never do anything more.

 

[adamNYC]

We have them at our volly

Came in handy when the driver deployed us EMTs we jumped over a barrier to an mva while the ambulance drove around and met us on the other side

My issue with drivers is they don't drive an ambulance for a living, and the only experience these drivers are getting is through the volly.

that's why I like to drive when I'm volunteering.