Well I can chime in on the Critical Care Transport units for Acadian. The medics are trained for another 3 weeks in our own class and the class has been modified from the Baltimore CCEMT-P program. The medics get paid extra (lump sum) for every CCT (Critical Care Transport) run that they make. These are mostly all hospital to hospital trips. The units are equipped with extra gear for these calls. Every CCT unit has a Eagle Impact Ventilator, a 3 channel IV pump, Chest Tube's, and various other narcotics (ROC, Succs, Nipride, as well as some others that I can't remember at this time.) We now have placed these units in every area that we run in and most areas have as least 2 units for this purpose. They still do run regular emergency calls and routine transfers but are a great help when it comes to CCT transports. We used to have a supervisor bring vents and pumps to the hospital everytime that a Vent pt needed to be transported so this has made it more reliable and it makes sure that the patients benefits by having the most highly trained medics running these calls.
Oh and we have just moved into the San Antonio, TX area last week anyone interested please go the website to see any available openings.
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