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Where I'm located, private companies run the show. AMR used to dominate the county, but their slow response times started to anger cities. Now there are several private companies.
About 1/2 the cities in the county operate FF/Medical of some sort, with about 1/4 being ALS. The other half half the private company as the primary responder for all medical and trauma calls.
For most private companies, the majority of the money is made on interfacility transfers.
Working private BLS, 50% of my calls were interfacility transfers. 45% of my calls were as a 911 additional response unit, and 5% were to low priority BLS emergencies, without RLS.
Ask any private EMS company, and they'll tell you their bread and butter calls are the interfacility transfers. That's where the money is to be made in EMS. Many EMT-Basics hate working BLS non-emergencies, but I feel its a part of the job.
Now getting to the main point, in my area, private companies see just as much trauma as the FF/EMT crews. In other areas, private companies are just used for transports.
I know this is discussed in another thread, and I know many of you FFs place little value in private EMS, but I'm wondering everyone's opinion on this one.
About 1/2 the cities in the county operate FF/Medical of some sort, with about 1/4 being ALS. The other half half the private company as the primary responder for all medical and trauma calls.
For most private companies, the majority of the money is made on interfacility transfers.
Working private BLS, 50% of my calls were interfacility transfers. 45% of my calls were as a 911 additional response unit, and 5% were to low priority BLS emergencies, without RLS.
Ask any private EMS company, and they'll tell you their bread and butter calls are the interfacility transfers. That's where the money is to be made in EMS. Many EMT-Basics hate working BLS non-emergencies, but I feel its a part of the job.
Now getting to the main point, in my area, private companies see just as much trauma as the FF/EMT crews. In other areas, private companies are just used for transports.
I know this is discussed in another thread, and I know many of you FFs place little value in private EMS, but I'm wondering everyone's opinion on this one.