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usalsfyre said:
I'm fairly certain I'm familiar with the company involved. Holdover is a huge problem. As for above? That's not the expectation at all. The expectation is that you treat your patient and not treat it like "Gomer Tote Taxi Service".
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Thanks for the clarification. Big difference between actually treating a patient as needed verses initiating treatments not needed for billing, which is how it sounded.
 
In the interest of full disclosure...
I'm 99% sure I work for said company. I'm involved in QA and education. As I said, holdover is a gigantic problem, everyone acknowledges it as such. Dispatch seems to hold the key to at least part of it, that's being worked on.

Clinically, there is an issue with many medics here feeling "it's just IFT"and not doing anything for their patients. No symptom management, no real assessment, just throw them on the cot and go. We see a large number of very sick patients, just because they're coming from a SNF does not excuse lack of treatment. I've seen the charts, when your not treating respiratory failure due to "short transport times" it goes in the "fail" category. We live in an area where FDs service the majority of the 911 districts, and many kids got their medic to get an FD job, found this was difficult and have "settled" for working for us until the golden ticket comes along.

I have a feeling there's more to the firing story, but I wasn't there.
 
emt.dan said:
Can/Does dispatch give the crew the option of taking the call?
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Often they may try to assign it and the crew will need to remind them. Policy says the transfers will not incur OT, the crews aren't supposed to take them and generally won't. 12 hours is long enough; time to go home.
 
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Y'all really make me feel better. Cause I was seriously considering moving into a hospital setting because I thought all EMS companies were like this. I love every part of my job. Its unfortunate that this company has to be like this. They could be a REALLY good company. I am glad to hear they are doing something about Dispatch. I hung up on a dispatcher this week cause SHE YAWNED while i was talking. Then told me she wasn't listening and asked me to say it again......REALLY!?!?! She is also notorious for sending us out late....lol..And whenever i talk to a wheelchair driver...They could probably write a book on how much they dislike her....

Its hard to be professional when your patients and the hospitals don't take you seriously...Or when they send two trucks to one call.....
 
The shifts where I work aren't like any other companies around here. I'm jealous of the schedules most of you have, but I do enjoy that I can get a lot of OT since hourly I don't make a whole lot. We do 48hrs on, 48 off, 72 on, 48 off, 48 on, and 72 off.
 
usalsfyre said:
In the interest of full disclosure...
I'm 99% sure I work for said company. I'm involved in QA and education. As I said, holdover is a gigantic problem, everyone acknowledges it as such. Dispatch seems to hold the key to at least part of it, that's being worked on.

Clinically, there is an issue with many medics here feeling "it's just IFT"and not doing anything for their patients. No symptom management, no real assessment, just throw them on the cot and go. We see a large number of very sick patients, just because they're coming from a SNF does not excuse lack of treatment. I've seen the charts, when your not treating respiratory failure due to "short transport times" it goes in the "fail" category. We live in an area where FDs service the majority of the 911 districts, and many kids got their medic to get an FD job, found this was difficult and have "settled" for working for us until the golden ticket comes along.

I have a feeling there's more to the firing story, but I wasn't there.
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I am fairly certain I know which company you are now referring to, and I have to admit that I am glad you are part of the QA/Education there. Based on the assumption that I think I know where you work, I have transported patients of yours back to SNF's and other hospitals, and I read the ED notes, which include the yellow copy that the medic left and I have to say that I agree with the lack of treatment.

Just know that I expect you to accomplish great things there fyre, I am counting on you to reduce my workload over at ol' orange ok?
 
3 twelve hour shifts one week and 4 twelve hour shifts the next week. We can work 36 hours in a row before we have to take 12 hours off.

We can have a mandatory hold over of 2 hours. After the 2 hours you can deny calls and clear in to the station.

We get cleared into our main station 15 mins -1 hour before our shift ends. We can be used for a call until we tell dispatch goodnight.
 
AngryBarryFTW said:
What doo your checks look like
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$1,300 every 2 weeks before taxes. That is just for normal shifts (no extra shifts picked up, off on time each day, no incentives offered, no holiday pay)
 
It's all about "working" the system. The only reason I was able to do that is because I am non-union. So I get daily overtime. Double time for anything over 12 hours in the same day. Holiday pay is paid at double time. So if you work over 12 hours on a holiday then we get triple time. And when a shift really needs to be covered they will offer incentives to pick shifts up.
 
Currently i work at delta airlines so im used to working 12+ hour days and i enjoy my long days i hope its easy in NYC to get such OT
 
I work for 3 different private companies. 2 of them I work part time picking up shifts as I want. They are 12's and if we get a run at the end of the shift we have to take it but no one complains about the overtime.

The primary company I work for does 24/48's but we are on the clock for only 16 hours during the 24, if there is a call after the 16th hour then we get paid for the entire tour. Happens every shift so I don't see why they just don't pay us for the whole shift.
 
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