travisxx

i work schaefer ambulance and we are already run alot of mutual aid for AMR even before the strike since they have 911 cities down south of the station im at. Since the strike, we have yet to tun any calls down in their area since AMR brought in help from out of state and from other counties. We ran with a squad the other day, and they said it took AMR literally 35minutes to get on scene, thankfully for a non crit. pt. I just hope this whole thing blows over and will be done with

i work for Schaefer ambulance: i was working for an IFT company for 6months waiting for a word from AMR due to area i live they run 911, but since i never heard back from them i applied with schaefer. i have been working for schaefer for about 6months as an EMT-B in the Monrovia/duarte area which we have 2 24hr crews and a day car(which i am on- 9am-9pm). i really like work with this company and their starting pay is very well for being a 911 company which you start out at 10.62hr with overtime being over 40hr work week. i currently work 120+hrs every 2 weeks and make about 1200. they have 3$ call bonus' for every "good" call where you complete a call with pt. info and completed run forms and this adds up which i get anywhere between 60-100+ call bonus' every check. Schaefer covers cities along the 210 freeway, 605, 57 and others. cities include: Monrovia, Duarte, Bradbury,Azusa,San Dimas, Glendora, Pomona, and other cities where they only have Fire RA's if there all busy. The area i work is very nice and we get the usual geriatric calls but we also get a lot of good traumas with TC's on the freeway and Monrovia is currently have a gangwar with 10 deaths within the last 2 months. Schaefer is a family run buisness and of course there are policies which we have to follow in compliance such as uniforms and just little things like that. Our rigs dont have real MDT's like you see in AMR units but we have a type of mdt that gives us the call with all the info we need. Schaefer uses the mod vans(box) for 24's and day cars get the vans. One draw back is that we dont have county handheld radios so either one partner has to stay in the rig to answer a call or be on the radio. We dont post out like AMR does but sometimes we do post due to "coverage" in a particular area. Our stations are decent i guess, tv, direct Tv, wifi in some stations and sleeping quarters. Scheduling: one thing i really dont like! you have 2 options for 24hr shifts. A side- monday, wed., friday and every other saturday B side- tues, thurs, sunday and every other sat. day cars- 12hr shifts. 8am-8pm, 9am-9pm and several other shifts depending on the area. medics- you only work 2 days a week, and can always pick up extra shifts. we have medics and always looking for more. there based out in Pomona and respond to both 911 and IFT calls. Shift bids- about every 1.5-2mnths we have shift bids where you write down 4 stations you would like to go to and try to bid on the area that you want. we have supervisors that take of our supply orders for each station, drop off o2 and backboards, and basically check up on us and make sure we have done our duties such as wash the rig, clean the station, make sure you look professional. there all really nice guys. As far as the employess, there nice guys with the ocassional "burnt-out types" One of my best friends works for Westmed in inglewood and he says he really likes the company and hasnt had any complaints. And this company has the real fire schedule where you only work 10 days a month. All in all i really like working for this company. if anyone has any questions just message me or respond to this post

I worked at a strictly IFT company here in so cali for 6months until i recently got hired at a 911 company(but do have areas for only IFT also). At the IFT company, i was really only there for the money and scheduling because of my school, but as far as an EMT i very very rarely got use my skills besides pt. assesment. I just got burned out doing only IFT's and thats the reason i switched. This way ill be able to do 911 and get the experience that i personally feel that i need before i head to medic school. Dont get me wrong, IFT's are just as important and it goes along with EMS. (this is just my personal views)

here in so cali i work for Schaefer ambulance and we do alot of standbys such as x-games, fairs, show and movies, sports related, conventions(even the adult expo lol) . My partner the other day told me that he was on a standy for that movie, SWAT and using the inside of the rig as well as the crew that were on the standby. He said you could see his hands in the movie working on the woman swat officer that was shot. I have yet to do any myself, but i have heard mixed reviews. To me it seems like it would be fun.

hey guys well i just got everything done today and its official that im a certified Basic with my LA county card, and already applied for 3 different private ambulance companies here in LA county. I do have a couple questions though involving just transporting companies and 911/ift. For strictly ift companies they start around 11-14$ while 911/ift start around 8-10$. Now since im new i want some action and ill be running anywhere between 5-13 calls on a day car but the problem is, is that the commute is an hour drive to and from. While ift companies are around 30minutes away which i can deal with. I want experience in EMS and i know ill do pt. assesment on ift transports but it just seems so boring doing that for 24hrs. Any insight will greatly help. Travis EMT-B TITLE EDITED - ADMIN