@@user-ku1np8bs8n Nope, it's true. People will go to the hospital to just refill their prescription. Then the ambulance has to stay with that person until the hospital finds a place to put them. With these non-critical people it could take an hour or longer for that person to be put somewhere. That means that ambulance is now not available for calls for an hour or longer. Then there is the "I called 911 because I'll get a room faster if I go to the ER by ambulance" person.
I was an EMT for 4 years in the late 2000s. Never paid more than $12an hour. Had to work two jobs just to afford gas to get to one of the EMS stations. No health benefits or worker's comp for when you contract MRSA or get injured in the truck. EMS is one of the youngest medical professions around and receives little respect. We're constantly called "ambulance drivers" by patients, ignored by doctors when giving key medical information, and snubbed by police. These issues are not new. Lastly, when new medics are looking for work, city services are difficult to get into forcing new medics to apply for positions with shady ambulance companies or emergency rooms (if extremely lucky) where they are fancy stretcher fetchers. Working for private ambulance services is like the black spot of death for a new medic's resume.
Lola, it is not much different on the fire side. Working on the ambulance was not for me and finally decided to call it quits. Not only do we get snubbed by police, but everyone in healthcare as well. The pay is not much better either. $22 an hour in 2022 does not pay the bills. Look at the staffing shortages across the country! People figured it out, you can make more driving for Coca Cola.
@@user-wq4ui7gw1w yep! I couldn't afford to buy the CE credits and skills recert testing at the 4 year mark while working two jobs living at home. I earned more on unemployment in one week than working 60+ hrs as a medic. And then not even Walmart would hire me cuz I was over qualified. My only option for finding work was to got back to school under the FAFSA grant so I could do the work study program and get a part time $7hr job at the community college. All I wanted was a job helping people that paid a livable wage... silly me!
@@lolalalia4119 I am going back to pick up next January where I left off during the pandemic. Super excited to go back to school. EMS/public safety is a dead end job. For anyone reading this, go to school or learn a trade. You get better pay/benefits in the electrician unions.
@@user-wq4ui7gw1w congrats on going back to school! Going to school is currently being demonized since studies show that those who further their education lean towards progressive views. Almost as if learning leads to more compassionate and understanding people. We deserve a society that supports those trying to provide medical care to their community rather than just the Civil servants that carry guns, authority, and qualified immunity.
Didn't Houston shut down most EMS companies a couple of years ago? smh. Private and government hospital facilities should reach out to current EMS companies. Give them contracts to service their hospitals. Most EMS companies don't know where to go for business.
Well thank your city council and mayor for there concerns about the people who pay there out rages salaries.i mean anytime they think they need a raise they just take one .what happened to earning your money 🤔
Maybe if they would pay more there would be more paramedics.
Because people are calling for an ambulance and it's not an emergency
truths. I see it daily
That is false
@@user-ku1np8bs8n Nope, it's true. People will go to the hospital to just refill their prescription. Then the ambulance has to stay with that person until the hospital finds a place to put them. With these non-critical people it could take an hour or longer for that person to be put somewhere. That means that ambulance is now not available for calls for an hour or longer. Then there is the "I called 911 because I'll get a room faster if I go to the ER by ambulance" person.
There's a shortage nation wide for first responders, more solutions are needed
I was an EMT for 4 years in the late 2000s. Never paid more than $12an hour. Had to work two jobs just to afford gas to get to one of the EMS stations. No health benefits or worker's comp for when you contract MRSA or get injured in the truck. EMS is one of the youngest medical professions around and receives little respect. We're constantly called "ambulance drivers" by patients, ignored by doctors when giving key medical information, and snubbed by police. These issues are not new.
Lastly, when new medics are looking for work, city services are difficult to get into forcing new medics to apply for positions with shady ambulance companies or emergency rooms (if extremely lucky) where they are fancy stretcher fetchers. Working for private ambulance services is like the black spot of death for a new medic's resume.
Lola, it is not much different on the fire side. Working on the ambulance was not for me and finally decided to call it quits. Not only do we get snubbed by police, but everyone in healthcare as well. The pay is not much better either. $22 an hour in 2022 does not pay the bills. Look at the staffing shortages across the country! People figured it out, you can make more driving for Coca Cola.
@@user-wq4ui7gw1w yep! I couldn't afford to buy the CE credits and skills recert testing at the 4 year mark while working two jobs living at home. I earned more on unemployment in one week than working 60+ hrs as a medic. And then not even Walmart would hire me cuz I was over qualified. My only option for finding work was to got back to school under the FAFSA grant so I could do the work study program and get a part time $7hr job at the community college. All I wanted was a job helping people that paid a livable wage... silly me!
@@lolalalia4119 I am going back to pick up next January where I left off during the pandemic. Super excited to go back to school. EMS/public safety is a dead end job. For anyone reading this, go to school or learn a trade. You get better pay/benefits in the electrician unions.
@@user-wq4ui7gw1w congrats on going back to school! Going to school is currently being demonized since studies show that those who further their education lean towards progressive views. Almost as if learning leads to more compassionate and understanding people. We deserve a society that supports those trying to provide medical care to their community rather than just the Civil servants that carry guns, authority, and qualified immunity.
@@user-wq4ui7gw1w and electricians and plumbers make bank!! The unifying factor that unites our society is the deep desire to never be uncomfortable.
This is nothing new. This is a nationwide problem. The number of EMS calls has double but the number of EMS providers has decrease by half.
Give them raises and give them back their pension. Then you’ll have more people working for the department.
His brother is no different than anyone else…
Anyone wanna be a paramedic??
Me is they pay at least 15$
Didn't Houston shut down most EMS companies a couple of years ago? smh. Private and government hospital facilities should reach out to current EMS companies. Give them contracts to service their hospitals. Most EMS companies don't know where to go for business.
The hospitals need to speed it up
Well thank your city council and mayor for there concerns about the people who pay there out rages salaries.i mean anytime they think they need a raise they just take one .what happened to earning your money 🤔