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You dont need part time work when your making 60,000 plus a year. Our current sch shifted from two ten hour days, two fourteen hour nights, and four off to...

Week 1-mon,tues,fri,sat,sun

week 2-wed,thurs

days or nights

My starting pay was between 35,000-40,000. I think most come "on the job" for the expierence, eventual good pay, overtime chances, amazing health benifits and pension as well as likely to work with another Paramedic. I suspect that the FDNY EMS has a similar program to what we see on this show and to what I went through and described to you.

On a side note, do you know any "fat" medics in urban ems?

Southland was/is a decent show and I didn't know it was back on or had been cancelled/transferred.

The day started with roll call at 0730. Then we broke for about an hour of pt, the only saving grace in pt was "they wouldnt ldt us die, and it had to end at some point." We then had alot of ems protocal review, skills, then things like carrying a maniquin in the reeves or staichair through the fire tower. A few weeks of "fire orientation" since we have scba and gear, and hazmat ops. We only lost one person of twelve, and most watched him be given a trash bag to empty his locker with and be escorted to the gate.

This is basically how any major cities fire academy works. I wrnt through 7wks of that for the ems side of where I wk.

You've never heard stories of squads picking up more then one person? Never heard of "patients walking away" or "got out of the truck and left." So Im not positive on the spellibg if a word but the way this wacker community disowned a show in under 6 weeks is a digrace to the community itself. I don't know what you expect but like I said hope you never see it.

Jesus age...it was a good episode and yoh have no concept of tv or urban ems.

Jesus age...it was a good episode and you have no concept of tv or urban ems "antects". Also triage rules/mci operations I've been taught say 'red tag and remove any injured emergency personel asap.' Mainly for those still on scene as injured providers are a distraction. And remeber the order were taught as emt-b's...you, your partner, your patient, anyone else.

May I add this profession never deserves another tv show on ems again for the way it disowned this one.

When the bystander says the patient went to the "chinese store on the corner." and you have to ask which one cause each corner has four.

How about a grammer and spell checker.

I just noted "day light savings" in the log and on the one or two runs it effected.

Speaking with the dispatcher she was rather frustrated that entire hour. Our system puts runs in time order and as we ran out of squads she couldn't tell what Engine had been sitting on scene the longest without an ambulance.

From one urban ems'er to another thanks 'tsk' for giving ventmedic what for. We have a

ed alarm abuser that has been know to press it 3-5 times a day. Medics have "damaged his alarm box" and used all means possible but the ems higher ups have yet to do there job and get him in a nursing home. This pt doesnt need our respect or lessons on being disabled he needs to stop abusing the system.

This is just one example of abuse. Thankfully you didnt need ems tonight where we ran for 2 hrs constantly out of squads.

A Majority of my calls are now flu related in ur an ems, and the area hospitals are over run. Maybe if people would pay attention to the news and not call 911 or go to the ed for the flu this wouldnt be an issue.

You come out of school hardly prepared to work the streets to begin with, but apply for the jobs and see what happens.

Saved was a decent summer cable drama, and "trauma" is on the up as a primetime drama. Also, thanks to whoever is turning my reputation points back positive.

I thought there were alot of "accident" scenes and saw a little character development.

My offical job title is "fire service paramedic" . But we recently won a lawsuit that said we recieved ot past 40hrs unlike firefighters because we have no firefighting duties. Many firefighters were once medics but for many reasons no longer want to be medics. I feel like we could be cross trained, work occasional shifts as firefighters and it would destress some of the busiest medics in america.

What is a squirt??

Engine with articulating boom, usually 50-60ish feet

Tuesday Morning, we sat infront of McDonald's contimplating breakfast but before we can enter the store we are dispatched on our last call....

Attention "Squirt 43, Ladder 9, Medic 7" respond to the West Bound Local Expressway for an Accident. Note, any responce to an expressway in the city has the Engine Company for hazzard, etc control and the Ladder as the Safety or Light Duty Extrication and the obvious BLS or ALS unit.

My partner and I respond and arrive first finding a Police Wagon with heavy front end damage that appeared to have struck an empty full sized school bus. Standing outside the wagon are the two officers that look dazed but not seriously injured. My next question to the officers is "do you have anyone in the wagon?" As I heard there answer I walked over to the wagon and looking through the secure doors and see ten prisoners all who have various "complaints." Now the game has changed...My inital report to dispatch was "police wagon vs.bus I'll give further".

I get back on the radio..."be advised I have a occupied police wagon invloved with two officers and ten prisoners dispatch me five more squads and my supervisor." Five additional squads are dispatched with eta's ranging from 5-10min, a fire batallion chief, and the (AM only) EMS Ops Chief responds. Approx three min later my Engine arrives and I give a face to face report with my lieutient, and follow with stanging orders for the incomming ambulances. Anytime the ems supervisor is dispatched the dispatcher determins the trauma centers capacities and relays that.

Approx 5-6min into the incident...Two more squads arrived, we assembled a pile of ten lsb's by the wagon and I have advised the first white hat police officer I see that we'll need at least six escorts when the prisoners are removed and transported.

Approx 1-2min later my EMS Lieutient arrived who I again gave a face to face with, a run down of the incomming squads, and that point was ordered to transport my two patient's.

The ten prisoners are removed from the wagon once adequate police support has arrived, they are ransported with the remaining squads and split between two hospital with other police wagons as escorts. All patient's are stable with only MOI the real concern.

So your thoughts???

What is a "condition boss"?

Whats your ems officer to unit ratio?

How many milez does your unit do in a month/year?

I cant believe this uppity group of wackers is willing to piss on this show. The latest attempt to bring our profession to the publc and there willing to step all over it then try and support it.

Urban EMS Medic here!

Busiest 14hr shift-Halloween 08/Baseball team world series parade party...I think 26 or 28 runs

Busiest 12hr shift (sch change)-around labor day weekend 20 runs

50 ALS/BLS AM

35 ALS/BLS PM

Average "incidents" per day including 20% FD 700-900

My unit was 7th busiest last year and did 6,400 runs and were probaby going to break 7,000 this year.

What is with all the over inflated ego's and people walking around high on there degrees that have yet to realize it's just TV! Dustdevil I have no idea what 9/11 has to do with my comment or this show, but I'm not surprised some type of silly comment would come from you.

Maybe we all need to pull the gigantic backboard we have out of our ass and realize it's just a TV show.

I didnt think it was that bad for a series first episode. Third watch had a stunning debut but most shows just squeeze by the first time. We cant expect total medical correctness, have to expect action and sex. I want to give it a chance to grow and something ems related on primetime may do us some good.

What is the therapeutic effect time? Aren't you afraid of any aspiration from this, or does it actually mistify enough to get it all in?

IN Glucagon is within our protocal just as much as IN Versed, Valium, Fentanyl, etc.