Job Offer Im UP MI.

[medic82942003]

Greetings every one, Got a job offer to work Echo unit in UP for Medi ride. Salary is between 20,000

to 25,000 a year with Rent and utilities paid. Run Volume is about 400 per year. Going to be near marquettte MI,

about 15 miles out. Any one know anything about anything. How bout the skinny on your opinions. Yes No maybee so.

Never worked on a echo unit before. Any input welcome. regards.

[Lone Star]

In MI, the 'Echo Unit' is a non-transporting ALS unit (most commonly seen with the County Sheriff's Department). They are most commonly one man units.

In most cases, an Echo Unit is automatically dispatched to 'tier 1 and tier 2 calls', (Cardiac, Respiratory)

Genesee County Sheriff's Department Paramedic Division

On a call where transport is advised or necessary, the Echo Unit paramedic will stay with the patient on the transporting ambulance, and the 'displaced EMT/EMT-Specialist' will drive the Echo Unit. The unit number of the transporting unit will change from Bravo/Charlie/Lincoln to an 'Alpha' designation.

In MI, Unit designations are as follows:

Alpha - ALS

Bravo - BLS

Echo - Non-transporting ALS

Foxtrot - Non-transporting LALS

Lincoln - LALS (EMT-Intermediate/Specialist)

To be honest, I've never seen/heard a Foxtrot Unit dispatched.

[dtvfd753]

congratulations on the job offer! why the heck would you want to go to the U.P.? the only thing up there is trees.

[medic82942003]

Looking to make a diference, lots of Transfer ambulance services hiring- Taxi-jobs is so boring.

They just laid off 60,000 people from the auto industry, no jobs for rescue in area.

Edited September 5, 2010 by medic82942003