Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 Jane, I just pulled a number out of the air for an " average " charge. Since we have agencies still billing one of 4 different methods, I didn't want to confuse it with any more details than necessary. I think I replied later, our average, fully-loaded call is approximately $850. That includes base rate, mileage, and supplies. Dudley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 13, 2004 Report Share Posted September 13, 2004 It has been said over and over again..... As long as EMT's and Paramedics are willing to work for low wages, and or volunteer their services they will not ever receive the money they are so long over due. Think about it. I refuse a 12 an hour job. Rookie Paramedic comes over and takes it. Therefore owner did not have to raise his pay rate. DUUUHH Tom LeNeveu Learning Paramedic EMStock2004 was a RESOUNDING SUCCESS... Come See us Next year. _www.emstock.com_ (http://www.emstock.com/) _www.temsf.org_ (http://www.temsf.org/) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 " nelson williams " <williamn@n...> wrote: > You cannot wear 2 hats and be respected for 1 Person. WEe either > have to be Public Safety or WEe have to be health care. That is an excellent point, and one that seems to be constantly overlooked. I once met a guy with the State Fire Marshal's office. I told him I thought that must be a pretty cool job. He said, " Not really. The cops don't respect you because they think you're just a fireman. And the firemen resent you as just a cop. " That is exactly what is happening to EMS. Let's face it, the only reason that EMS ended up as a part of the fire service to begin with is because bean counters thought that firefighters weren't doing enough to earn their money. " Hey, those guys are sitting on their asses anyhow. Let's make them run the ambulances! " Consequently, EMS is forever tagged as a sideshow, not quite as worthy as the main event. Once you take away all the silly patches, badges, pins and epaulets, what makes EMS a part of the public safety sector? No matter how long I ponder this question, it still comes down to one thing: lights and sirens. It's time to cut the umbilicus and grow. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 14, 2004 Report Share Posted September 14, 2004 " nelson williams " <williamn@n...> wrote: > You cannot wear 2 hats and be respected for 1 Person. WEe either > have to be Public Safety or WEe have to be health care. That is an excellent point, and one that seems to be constantly overlooked. I once met a guy with the State Fire Marshal's office. I told him I thought that must be a pretty cool job. He said, " Not really. The cops don't respect you because they think you're just a fireman. And the firemen resent you as just a cop. " That is exactly what is happening to EMS. Let's face it, the only reason that EMS ended up as a part of the fire service to begin with is because bean counters thought that firefighters weren't doing enough to earn their money. " Hey, those guys are sitting on their asses anyhow. Let's make them run the ambulances! " Consequently, EMS is forever tagged as a sideshow, not quite as worthy as the main event. Once you take away all the silly patches, badges, pins and epaulets, what makes EMS a part of the public safety sector? No matter how long I ponder this question, it still comes down to one thing: lights and sirens. It's time to cut the umbilicus and grow. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 14, 2004 Report Share Posted December 14, 2004 Maxine, Your comments bring up a great point. IF you have not read the EMS agenda for the future...go to http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/agenda/emsman.html and read IT. This scope of practice is being built for an EMS system that does not currently exist. You have to read the Agenda to fully grasp this...but one of the reasons we cannot fathom the need for or how this Advanced Practice Paramedic thing will work is because we are trying to put it into our current EMS model. The Agenda lays out an entirely new EMS system where transporting patients to the hospital is only ONE of a NUMBER of things that EMS does including primary care, public health activities, referral work, etc....transport of patients becomes a much less piece of the picture where now it is all we see. Once you see this it becomes a little clearer as to why the Advanced Practice thing is the way it is...but again...no one is working on the EMS Agenda for Getting Reimbursed in the Future.... Dudley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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