Protransport 1, Paramedic

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Looking to move to the Bay area. I have an interview with PT to work as a Paramedic. So I did a little research on this site, not too many good reviews (from EMTs). Can anyone give me some insight on what it is like to work for them as a Paramedic? Do they even run 911?

I have over a year of 911 experience as a medic and looking to stay in that arena.

Thanks
 
If you work in Santa Clara county, you will be backup for 911, but from what I know as an EMT, the likelihood of getting a 911 call is very, very low. Mostly ALS transports and rigs are mostly dual medic. Dont know what pay is like, but EMT's start around $11/hr. No call bonuses for medics working ALS either. I'm not 100% sure about them, so if anyone knows otherwise or has another info, please chime in.
 
I recall they mostly did BLS calls. If the patient was a pediatric, not in or go to a PICU, and they weren't on a 5150, it was dispatched as ALS without equipment, lol. Stanford didn't want BLS to transport pediatric patients unless they were on a 5150 hold. This was the majority of the night crew calls.

I worked there for about 8 months I think (I left in March 2012). I recall only once that our ALS crew got pulled into 911, which was on New Years/New Years Eve.

I don't think I asked for specific details on what they got paid, but one guy was quitting his job as a Paramedic in the Sacramento area to work at ProTransport-1 because ProTransport-1 offered him a lot more he said. He was going to work out of the San Francisco station I believe. I never followed up on him particularly. I know the Paramedics in Santa Clara County said they got paid a lot less than what they were offered, and then when ProTransport-1 got unionized, the Paramedics were mostly left out of the pictures, or what I heard them complained about.

While working there, I saw Paramedics only do 12 hour shifts. I felt like they mostly sat on the couch and watched TV, usually ran those pediatric BLS calls, but it was a pretty slow and easy, they seemed happy to me even though they felt like things could be better.
 
shifts are 4 12's. Very rare scene calls but they are apparently "working on getting more." Pay is above 19.00$ an hour to run 2 to 3 calls a shift in the sacramento area. In my opinion its a good place to have the job title of a paramedic and wait for a 911 spot to open.
 
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