Pros
911 experience Taco trucks from time to time.
Cons
Medic is a pretty tough place to work. Moral is exceptionally low and people don't like working here. The problem stems from poor management. They write you up for everything and will change policy so they can get you in trouble for something. They are very inconsistent. They approach everything as guilty until proven innocent, I've never had my integrity questioned so much. Additionally, I've never gotten a write up in my life until working here, I'm a good employee- last I checked, I have over 40. I've seen trainies get written up 5 minutes into their first shift. Be careful though, if your trying to get hired at a department, people fail backgrounds all the time for excessive write-ups. ALL THE TIME. Because moral is so low, nobody applies for a job so we're down usually around 8 medics a day. Having worked here for years, I can't remember a single day that we were fully staffed. As a result, field personal are worked to death, expect to run your entire shift without a break. Management helps pick up the slack and hops on rigs to take calls, but it means they're stretched even thinner than the field personal so things fall through the cracks. Problems don't get fixed- moral gets lower. I upgraded from an EMT to a medic, i got poor training and it was a real sink or swim situation. They just wanted me on the line to help with calls . Working as a medic is tough. They have a 100% QA policy. So every single PCR is reviewed by staff that are honestly too poor of medics to survive in the field. No joke, I had one of the QA staff ask why my pt wasn't verbal after I intubated. So get ready to start every shift with an inbox full of tags that need stupid stuff fixed by a group armchair quarterbacks. Compensation is ok. Could be better, but the union is weak.