FirstResponderOR

Hey Westley, welcome to the City!

Yeah, this is not going to work out for you brother. Not to mention I'm guessing the the 'certain criteria' will be car accidents, house fires, active arrests...all the glory stuff and none of the lift assists? It would be a sweet gig....pick the interesting calls, fire up the lights and sirens on your Toyota, show up and be heros while the hero shit is going on, leave before the non hero clean up, care, and transport begins, and skip the paperwork, and then get paid? No lift assists, no frequent fliers, none of those stupid, 'boring' calls? Hell, I think I just came in my pants!

Doesn't work that way brother. You wanna go behind the yellow tape? You gotta pay to play...simple as that.

Dwayne

We didn't plan on just showing up and leaving. And i'm pretty sure on every call you have to fill out your PCR's.

And as an FYI we weren't planning on having a profit business. We aren't in it for the money, just to help people.

You guys make too many assumptions and think that everyone just wants money. As for a medical director, we

could have one in minutes.

All we were interested in was trying to figure out the steps to get something started, but you guys start with your ego.

We all know its not show play go. We planned on helping during and after. Just no transport due to the fact were EMR

not Basics or PM's. More or less, it was just volunteer work for us. Apparently you guys cant think of that maybe because

you guys are just in it for the money. Not for the genuine interest of helping people.

And to answer the question you'll probably ask next. We planned on doing non emergency transports. Due to the fact

we live in a town that is located 30 miles from the city, sometimes doctor appointments are difficult for the elderly or even

those that have different circumstances.

I've been at the scene of a crash many times as just a civilian (in my toyota), but stopped and assisted anyways. All the way to the very end.

So thank you for your perceptions, but maybe you shouldn't get your panties in a bunch just because your higher up and have more

responsibility.

Not even sure where to begin on this one...

Who will regulate or authorize you to do this?

Is a certificate of need necessary? If so, will local services allow you?

Will the county council allow you?

Will the state allow you?

Who will be your medical director?

How will you afford him?

Insurance on vehicles, malpractice and general stupidity?

How will you be paid for this service?

How will you be notified to respond?

Who will you answer to outside of your medical director regarding business practices?

How are you going to pay/afford all the overhead?

Man there is so much bad about this idea and absolutely no good which is why this is typically left up to fire departments or government subsidized services.

Even legitimate ambulance calls have issues with reimbursement and you think you are gonna get paid for a First Responder business???

Good Luck...but from one business man to an up and coming entrepreneur...let it go and decide on something else.

To answer your questions:

Who will regulate or authorize you to do this?

I dont know, thats why I made the posting here............

Is a certificate of need necessary? If so, will local services allow you?

Depends what certificate your talking about. If your talking about practice certificates, yes we have them.

Will the county council allow you?

As far as I know.

Will the state allow you?

The lady hasnt returned my voice message at the present moment.....

Who will be your medical director?

We have a friend with an MD that the board approves of.

How will you afford him?

Hes free......

Insurance on vehicles, malpractice and general stupidity?

Already have vehicle insurance as for the rest, I posted this.... yet again.......

How will you be paid for this service?

Insurance for Non Emergency Transports, and other sources.

How will you be notified to respond?

I would assume our local dispatch center....

Who will you answer to outside of your medical director regarding business practices?

This didn't make sense to me.

How are you going to pay/afford all the overhead?

Supplies are pretty cheap for this level of service.

The supervisor is free.

Insurance is almost taken care of.

And no, we didnt plan on getting paid, just doing it for the fact we actually want to and like to help people.

A buddy and I were looking into starting a First Response business for the area we live in. Basically we just want to have a business that responds to emergencies that are either

1. Require additional assistance

2. closer to us than the local fire/ems

and 3. give basic boo boo support

We were curious on how to start this. We will not be transporting patients, so no need for an ambulance. We were thinking more along the lines of POV's instead of ambulances.

Thats pretty much all we want to do. Be the first response to emergencies that fit certain criteria.

We both live in the State of Oregon and have no idea how or where to begin.

Any advice would be helpful!

Thanks!

Wesley