CALEMT
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Both switches for the porch lights are interior switches.
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Both switches for the porch lights are interior switches.
Ideally you don’t have to cut or splice anything. Flip off the breaker, then pull out the old ones marking the +/- and ground, mind the wire gauge. Install the new ones per the manual, test. The timer should work in the same fashion as the sprinkler one i.e. turn the current on at a set time.
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When you crack a joke with the cops well out earshot of the frequent flyer about how their florid methiness is going to cause you jump out of the ambulance on the highway and then not ten minutes later you’re in a bit of a tussle with the patient who also apparently had the same idea and is clawing for the door.
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Right, but the thing I’m talking about is installed at the light socket:
CALEMT
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Now I see what you're saying.
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So you're saying you've seen the light?
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I like it when it's raining and it all of a sudden becomes quite and it gets a shade lighter outside. Weather forecasts actually came through and it's snowing... and of course I go in to work tomorrow.
PotatoMedic
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It's supposed to snow tomorrow night and accumulate 1-3 inches. Tell me two things. Take a nap during the day, and wrong snacks for the night.
Had this lovely gem sent to me.
worldextrememedicine.com
6 shifts (that look like 12s) plus call a week. I literally laughed out loud when I saw the compensation. $1250 a week.
FILM LOCATION MEDICAL SUPPORT: Paramedic/Nurse needed to join WEM Medical Team supporting Survivor - worldextrememedicine.com
Film Location Medical Support Role with World Extreme Medicine in the South Pacific in support of CBS's Survivor Series oppurtunity for Nurse or Paramedic
worldextrememedicine.com
6 shifts (that look like 12s) plus call a week. I literally laughed out loud when I saw the compensation. $1250 a week.
Had this lovely gem sent to me.
FILM LOCATION MEDICAL SUPPORT: Paramedic/Nurse needed to join WEM Medical Team supporting Survivor - worldextrememedicine.com
Film Location Medical Support Role with World Extreme Medicine in the South Pacific in support of CBS's Survivor Series oppurtunity for Nurse or Paramedic
6 shifts (that look like 12s) plus call a week. I literally laughed out loud when I saw the compensation. $1250 a week.
If the living accommodations and food are covered, it’s an OK gig for a medic. Plus, it’s in NZ/AU so I’m guessing non taxable, Not a good fit for a nurse though.
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5K a month, with room and board and transportation, at a resort. Not bad.
Not including call or any additional time flying someone out that works out to about $14 bucks an hour assuming overtime after 40 hours. It's not a permanent job, it's essentially a locum and either providing housing or a stipend for housing is the norm (nor do I see any benefits being offered, just like other locums). I don't think that $14 an hour is reasonable for a medic, maybe for an EMT. If you are an American citizen then you are still subject to federal taxes as well.
AMR’s rates for medics are $15-$18 regardless of what you do. In this setting, you’re dealing with a set population for several months and have access to on-site clinic with MDs and nursing staff. It’s a resume booster job that pays slightly less. Nurses don’t really need that kind of stuff, but for a medic it’s OK.
I'm not even approaching it as a nurse. I guess I got lucky working on a fire department after my medic but I would never work for 15 bucks an hour as a medic. We pay our ED EMTs more than that.
Your time is worth what you will sell it for. If you view it as a paid way to do adventure type things then go for it, but I don't really see the value beyond that. Certainly the labor market is a balance of supply versus demand, but if the supply agrees to an unlivable wage it then the free market will never increase salary. I won't even walk into the hospital for overtime if I'm not either getting call in pay or bonus pay on top of the OT.
As a real question how much is it even really worth as a resume builder? You're going to have a doc at any of the high risk events, and the vast majority of what your are going to treat are clinic or maybe urgent care type complaints. With the exception of the actual contestants most of the patient population will be pretty young and healthy. The conditions are pretty cush too; it's not like working in a unstable area of the middle east, the Antarctic clinic, or something like that. Your going three plus months without a code, without a stemi, without a septic shock patient, or anything else resembling real acuity.
Your time is worth what you will sell it for. If you view it as a paid way to do adventure type things then go for it, but I don't really see the value beyond that. Certainly the labor market is a balance of supply versus demand, but if the supply agrees to an unlivable wage it then the free market will never increase salary. I won't even walk into the hospital for overtime if I'm not either getting call in pay or bonus pay on top of the OT.
As a real question how much is it even really worth as a resume builder? You're going to have a doc at any of the high risk events, and the vast majority of what your are going to treat are clinic or maybe urgent care type complaints. With the exception of the actual contestants most of the patient population will be pretty young and healthy. The conditions are pretty cush too; it's not like working in a unstable area of the middle east, the Antarctic clinic, or something like that. Your going three plus months without a code, without a stemi, without a septic shock patient, or anything else resembling real acuity.
Like I said (and you briefly touched on as well), the population is set. Mostly young, healthy, medically screened prior to etc. So the most serious of the incidents will be traumas, with dehydration here and there. It’s essentially a combat medic gig, only without being in a combat zone. You’re looking at it the wrong way...
What does it build up your resume for though? What job does it make you more competitive for?
I have a couple of friends that were 68W or 18D and they actually saw quite a few sick patients and a lot of trauma. The service members are healthy but the locals usually aren't.
I have a couple of friends that were 68W or 18D and they actually saw quite a few sick patients and a lot of trauma. The service members are healthy but the locals usually aren't.
18Ds are not really a good example, they’re considerably better trained than the Whiskeys. You’re talking about deployment, I’m talking about a white/blue phase where the medics are taking care of their own only. So, sick rolls every morning and then deal with mostly minor BS as the day goes.
A typical mid-road civvy medic will jump on an opportunity like this, because it’s an exposure to stuff other than bullsh*t calls and IFTs. If the patient is serious enough to warrant a medevac, it’s an introduction to flight as well. Not to mention close networking with higher level providers for 3 months. And of course as the gig progresses, the contestant population is going to dwindle. Not at all terrible (for a medic).
Let me clarify. I have friends who were 68W. I have other friends who were 18D. Both saw a good number of medically complex and high acuity trauma patients. Yes the 18D medics have more training and certainly have a more independent role, but that doesn't mean that the 68W medics didn't have any exposure.
It's not just deployment. Many 68W medics work in the hospital when they are stateside. There are 68W who get assigned to the ED, ICU, L&D, and so on. There are 68Ws on the burn flight team.
There are also 68Ws who get assigned to a unit and do sick call or work in the clinics. (one of our floor nurses loves to tell us how she spent her four years doing eye exams and taking vitals, and never got deployed). Not all military medics are doing low acuity work when they are out of theater.
If a medic is so over working the streets that they would rather take an underpaid essentially clinic job then maybe they should go back to school.
It's not just deployment. Many 68W medics work in the hospital when they are stateside. There are 68W who get assigned to the ED, ICU, L&D, and so on. There are 68Ws on the burn flight team.
There are also 68Ws who get assigned to a unit and do sick call or work in the clinics. (one of our floor nurses loves to tell us how she spent her four years doing eye exams and taking vitals, and never got deployed). Not all military medics are doing low acuity work when they are out of theater.
If a medic is so over working the streets that they would rather take an underpaid essentially clinic job then maybe they should go back to school.
You don’t have to go to such lengths and explain what combat medics do or don’t. I’ve had that fun for a few years (although nearly a quarter century ago), but I doubt anything significantly changed. I also am familiar with how both the street and the hospital work for civvy medics. So while I do agree with you on the going back to school part, I also would like to point out that not everyone wants to become a nurse. There are people who are content with where they are but would like to try something different and this gig is it. It has just enough benefits to offset the *somewhat* low pay. Because the pay is what you found funny, innit ?