Paramedic Pay SoCal Area?

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I'm a EMT now, how much can I expect to get paid once I belome a Paramedic in the LA Area?
 
Hosemonkey or private ambulance? Cause that's a big difference.
 
Private Ambulance while i'm waiting for Fire Dept's to start hiring.
 
Well from the fifty-thousand or so threads I have read on the subject, about five bucks an hour.
 
CAOX3 said:
Well from the fifty-thousand or so threads I have read on the subject, about five bucks an hour.
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LOL!

pretty close, depending on the company anywhere from $10-$18/hr hope you like running IFTs all day
 
terrible one said:
LOL!

pretty close, depending on the company anywhere from $10-$18/hr hope you like running IFTs all day
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+1

and to OP your better off being a hose-dragger. There are so little amount of private ambulances that run fire calls. Now if you were a medic now, you could get a job at AMR NoHo or LA county McCormick RIGHT NOW. theyre desperate for new hire medics. oh well :glare:
 
MedJPavlo said:
+1

and to OP your better off being a hose-dragger. There are so little amount of private ambulances that run fire calls. Now if you were a medic now, you could get a job at AMR NoHo or LA county McCormick RIGHT NOW. theyre desperate for new hire medics. oh well :glare:
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even amr NoHo and McCormick Medics dont run 911 often. AMR is IFT only unless covering antelope valley. McCormick ALS is primary IFT and can jump a 911 from time to time, but they still have to be EMT-B on scene unless the fire medic asks them to do als.
 
socalmedic said:
even amr NoHo and McCormick Medics dont run 911 often. AMR is IFT only unless covering antelope valley. McCormick ALS is primary IFT and can jump a 911 from time to time, but they still have to be EMT-B on scene unless the fire medic asks them to do als.
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I understand that, which is why i told him to be a firefighter. I work for AMR NoHo and well aware that we never run 911 from that station.
 
yea i did a ride along with the AMR rancho medic/emt rig and they ran 9 911 calls in one 12 hour shift
 
i dont think i get 9 calls in a week.
 
socalmedic said:
i dont think i get 9 calls in a week.
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Really?

We run about 9-15 911 calls on a normal 12 hour shift with a couple transfers (which we hate to do). On busy nights it's between 15-20 This is in Colorado though...

Do you do IFT only?
 
no, all 911. slow area, I work for a private industrial company who has an onsite Fire/EMS Dept. I am currently looking to move anywhere I can (preferably out of state). I feel my skill meter draining on every call, we drill all we can but i just don't see enough patients for a new medic. we average 2-4 calls per shift, one is usually a "hazard investigation" with the other three medical. usually an AMA or BLS. here we have the freedom to send them to urgent care, and they pick up the patient.
 
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