American Medical Response

[MinniMedic]

agreed

If you are going to go as far as to take out loans, go to Nursing school. I love being a medic, but even I am getting tired of trying to find a Medic job again after moving to a different state and started nursing school recently.

 

[usalsfyre]

If you are going to go as far as to take out loans, go to Nursing school. I love being a medic, but even I am getting tired of trying to find a Medic job again after moving to a different state and started nursing school recently.

Even nursing is not all sunshine and rainbows in the job department right now, there's actually a surplus of nurses in the US at the moment.

 

[rmabrey]

If you got it offered, take it, as you don't know when or where the next offer will be.

Have to agree here. When I started my basic course, there were jobs available at AMR and the county services. AMR had tons of OT to hand out. When I got certified there were maybe 2 jobs available at each.

I got lucky and recently (as in today) landed a part-time job with AMR. Granted in this field its up and down constantly with openings (at least here), but AMR is going on there long stretch of nearly full staff ever.

 

[Fish]

I do not know of a lot of Medic jobs in Texas only paying 30k, most are high 40s-low50s.

an Austin and Wilco do not prefer you go anywhere, if you can pass the hiring process than that is what they Care about. Also, they do not require 911 experience. They take well educated brand new Medics

 

[jgmedic]

That's California. You guys are over-saturated with Para-wannabes anyhow.




As far as AMR goes, it is totally dependent on which operation you get on with. I was with Dallas for a year between EMT and Paramedic, and honestly, hated it. They had crappy gear (LP10s for Paramedics), no EtCO2 for intubation, etc etc. They paid the least of EMS agencies in the area for Paramedics.

However, I know medics and EMTs in Hunt county, Collin county, and Arlington (all AMR operations) who loved it there. In my experience, the transfer side, the side that gets them all the money, get's screwed over the most.


But a benefit of AMR is that you know you wont show up t work one day and they'll be shut down randomly. They're a national corporation and will be here for a while.



If you got it offered, take it, as you don't know when or where the next offer will be.

CA sucks for EMS, I'll give you that, but we're not all para-wannabes, some of us want to get out but can't do it for whatever reason. I'm sure not every medic in TX is amazing.

 

[Shishkabob]

CA sucks for EMS, I'll give you that, but we're not all para-wannabes, some of us want to get out but can't do it for whatever reason. I'm sure not every medic in TX is amazing.

Re-read what I said. I never said you were all para-wannabes, but were over-saturated by them.