Any paramedics/EMT's on here?
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In the the old 2 shires, we had a three week course, week 1 was PTS driving with weeks 2 & 3 emergency driving, the worst bit i found was the exam where you have to repeat back parrot fashion some rules, no understanding required. The best bit was the afternoon in the skid car at Silverstone.
We learnt to drive in cars, only getting onto driving ambulances as part of the last couple of weeks of the tech course. Perhaps they knew how things were heading back then
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We learnt to drive in cars, only getting onto driving ambulances as part of the last couple of weeks of the tech course. Perhaps they knew how things were heading back then
.Yeah its the same here with week 1 being PTS, week 2 being more progressive and week 3 being blue light training. Car RRV training has currently being suspended in yorkshire due to no proper program being in place. It needs to be re done as the accident figures for RRV are alot higher than ambulances due to the size difference and differences in speed/acceleration. Are you a Paramedic or an EMT?
Stacey, judging by the latest bunch of 'Student Paramedics' that have been taken on in our patch from their feedback the general rule appears to be that the service will only seriously consider taking you on if you already have your C1 - hence students having to fund this qualification off their own backs if they don't already possess it.
staceyb said:
Ive been looking at applying for some trainee paramedic/ambulance technician positions and some have asked for C1 qualified drivers and some haven't and others haven't mentioned anything about driving standards at all.
Anyone know what the general deal is?
The uni paramedic students at northampton have been told that they will need to get C1 by the end of their course. Applications for the uni course are currently being accepted although there are currently 700 applicants for 15 places.Anyone know what the general deal is?
maddog993 said:
Which division of YAS are you based in Ruskie - North, South or Central? 
Central, Huddersfield is my base station to be exact. What about you?I am one of said 'student paramedics'. Are you a sceptic or a supporter? Get the feeling that people already in service are split into the two camps, although everyone I met while 3rd manning was brilliant and really helpful. I will be classed as Technician with adavances training for another 18 months yet, think thats how it works!
First shift on road is boxing day!!
To the person who was asking about C1, you need it if you got your license after '97. Before that and you have grandfather rights. It cost me approx £1000 to get it and everytime you fail test it costs approx £200 to retake due to hiring wagon etc again so it can quickly become £1500 if you have a couple bad tests.
Don't know about other regions but Yorkshire have phased out the technician role and are going down student paramedic route as we are qualified to tech level while doing the 2 year uni degree course.
Edited by Ruskie on Saturday 15th December 15:15
Ruskie said:
maddog993 said:
Which division of YAS are you based in Ruskie - North, South or Central?
Central, Huddersfield is my base station to be exact. What about you?I am one of said 'student paramedics'. Are you a sceptic or a supporter? Get the feeling that people already in service are split into the two camps, although everyone I met while 3rd manning was brilliant and really helpful. I will be classed as Technician with adavances training for another 18 months yet, think thats how it works!
First shift on road is boxing day!!
To the person who was asking about C1, you need it if you got your license after '97. Before that and you have grandfather rights. It cost me approx £1000 to get it and everytime you fail test it costs approx £200 to retake due to hiring wagon etc again so it can quickly become £1500 if you have a couple bad tests.
Don't know about other regions but Yorkshire have phased out the technician role and are going down student paramedic route as we are qualified to tech level while doing the 2 year uni degree course.
I'm sure you'll have a lovely time in Huddersfield and at least by boxing day many of the time-wasting/p*ssed/violent w*nkers should hopefully have hang-overs and might be keeping their heads down.......... but then again don't bank on it!
I approve wholeheartedly of the uni based course - a high number of paramedics are uni graduates anyway these days reflecting the contemporary increasingly clinically and cognitively demanding nature of the role, and - along with professional registration- the new uni based training is a formal acknowledgement of the way the role has changed from the days of the basic 'Miller' course. All the students I've met so far have been good sorts.
YAS is probably more pre-disposed to extinguishing the Technician role than most Trusts because the the existing techys in Central are now on the same pay-band as paramedics which is costing them a lot of money(not to mention the consequent lack of motivation on the part of techys to attempt their paramedic training!) However, the rumoured, potential phasing in of cheap, Emergency Care Assistants (ECAs) to be paired up alongside a paramedic in a double-manned ambulance to replace the Technician is something I'm ardently opposed to as, with the best will in the world, they will be chocolate teapots in many emergency situations and quite possibly in multiple casualty incidents due to the limited nature of their training.
Edited by maddog993 on Saturday 15th December 20:20
Yeah whole hearted agree with the ECA comments. The other problem is bowing down to our god ORCON and hitting government targets. I am from York originally and all being well gonna put a transfer in to York ASAP to move back, Sure I will bump into out and about. Your not a CTE by any chance are you ?
Since we're moaning about stuff now anyway, how u guys think about this whole call-connect system ?
We've got it for just over a month now and it's really annoying. It stead of "adress" "catagory" and "type of job" is't just "prealert" with either a streetname (no number) or just a townname. Very annoying....
I'm in the Harrogate area Ruskie so, as you say, if you get your transfer to York our paths will indeed likely cross.Look forward to meeting you.
Still mulling over CTE post (there's still lots of vacancies for CTEs in North as everyone's generally unconvinced about the training versus operational priorites and designation of the role itself -ie whether sufficient structured 'down time' will be set aside for 'training' when Orcon/Ops pressure all too frequently dictate that all available manpower, including CTE/Student crews, are out on the road- and also the possible relief aspect of the CTE with the potential to get sent to the ends of the earth, combined with the general suspicion that it may reveal itself to be a poisoned chalice in much the same way the Emergency Medical Practitioner has seemingly turned out to be.......) grumble,grumble,grumble
Karim - regarding call-connect we've had similarly vague job type and location problems; very little in the way of job info, no update, no priority code and we keep getting locations that are given vaguely as "......in the vicinity of xxxxxxxx...." an approximation which has, on certain spectacular occasions, been around twenty miles away from where the job has actually turned out to be!!
The sooner the whole ORCON fiasco disappears up its own arse the better
.....but it worries me what's got to happen before it does.
(Ruskie, if all this sounds desperately cynical and nihilistic I would add -and I would imagine Karim would probably agree- that the job in itself is still fantastic and I'm sure you'll enjoy it - despite everything!)
Still mulling over CTE post (there's still lots of vacancies for CTEs in North as everyone's generally unconvinced about the training versus operational priorites and designation of the role itself -ie whether sufficient structured 'down time' will be set aside for 'training' when Orcon/Ops pressure all too frequently dictate that all available manpower, including CTE/Student crews, are out on the road- and also the possible relief aspect of the CTE with the potential to get sent to the ends of the earth, combined with the general suspicion that it may reveal itself to be a poisoned chalice in much the same way the Emergency Medical Practitioner has seemingly turned out to be.......) grumble,grumble,grumble
Karim - regarding call-connect we've had similarly vague job type and location problems; very little in the way of job info, no update, no priority code and we keep getting locations that are given vaguely as "......in the vicinity of xxxxxxxx...." an approximation which has, on certain spectacular occasions, been around twenty miles away from where the job has actually turned out to be!!
The sooner the whole ORCON fiasco disappears up its own arse the better
.....but it worries me what's got to happen before it does.
(Ruskie, if all this sounds desperately cynical and nihilistic I would add -and I would imagine Karim would probably agree- that the job in itself is still fantastic and I'm sure you'll enjoy it - despite everything!
)I know east is the same for recruiting CTE's they are struggling to fill numbers. Just want to start now! Roll on boxing day.
Did my first 3 blue light runs today and it was amazing!! Loved every minute of it. Was round Hull and on the A1079 for my rural run. Kept thinking I am getting paid for this!!!
Did my first 3 blue light runs today and it was amazing!! Loved every minute of it. Was round Hull and on the A1079 for my rural run. Kept thinking I am getting paid for this!!!
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