New Hire Orientation

[croaker260]

Well, my first civilian gig as a paramedic involved 1 day with a supervisor, then the next shift I was running 911 calls with an EMT who got his card int he mail a week after I got my medic card in the mail!

That was in 1995.

Now...The service I run ( www.adaparamedics.org )with uses the Kaminsky model for FTEP. The following is off the top of my head

Phase 1- Academy- currently 3 weeks orientation broken down as follows:

-Administrative- 20 hours: P/P. H/R, etc

-History of the Department 2 hours

-Orientation to FTEP 1 hour

-Customer Service 2 hours

-Expectations of the Department (Taught by one of the Directors) 1 hour

Field Operations

-Communications- MDT/Radios about 8 hours

-Mapping 30 hours with frequent reinforcement and reassessment and practical

-CEVO II with driving course

- Vehicle Orientation- 4 hours initially with 1 hour reinformcemnt every day of class Vehicle check out)

- Dispatch Procedures 1 hour EMD overview with 4 hours with dispatch

- 8 hour supervisor ride

-Safelifting, using gurney, stair chair, etc

-NIMS /ICS 100, 200, 700, 800

- Non clinical (as in daily operational) paperwork

Clinical Operations:

- SWO review, discussion, and testing 8-12 hours

-12 leads w/ STEMI systems 8 hours

-SSI training 2 hours and test

-RSI/MAI lecture 2 hours

-Clinical Day (practical day with sim lab, reinforcing what was covered) 8-10 hours

- Charting/ePCR documentation (ESO solutions)

Phase II

3-6 months with at least 3 different FTO's, training and evaluation using the "San Jose" model of evaluation

Phase III

4 shifts, evaluation only, pass/fail

Phase IV- cleared to "general population" but followed still by the education department and subject to review. Exit review with MD when done with total probation, about 1 year.

Edited June 14, 2009 by croaker260