Johnson County Med-Johnson County Med-ActAct

H. Girard, Lieutenant

63rd and Quivira

Showed by Jenny Ham

• Professional Background

– Heath Girard

– Has three kids, and his wife is a nurse

– Stationed mostly at 63rd Quivira or 135th Switzer

– Was taking Nursing course at first, but he decided to go into Paramedic because it felt more like what he wanted to do.

– While he was taking nursing course, he transferred over to the EMT course. It was almost the same, but just covered subjects in more detailed.

BackgroundBackground

EducationEducationEducation

Paramedic has not been around long

There’s not enough national standard; now they realized that they need new ones

About a 2 year degree(associate)

Similar to nursing

Nursing is more broad, but Paramedic specializes on one thing which is Paramedic care. They do things that they come across for example, delivering babies, taking people out of wrecked cars, cardiac patients, trauma patients, and common cold patients.

• Continuing Education– About 30 hours a year– This is regularly once every other month– Goes to different buildings for training

• Hours– GREAT hours!– 24 hours on 24 hour off for 3 shifts– After every 3 shift 4 days off– Overtime is possible, but you are required to sign up

for 5 on-call days• Everything MUST be kept clean!!

– Has to pick up after themselves– It is their home for the next 24 Hours

Job RequirementsJob Requirements

Trends, Changes, and Trends, Changes, and Possibilities Possibilities • Job trends

– Every year, there are newer equipments– Tries to educate the workers with new

equipments• Job changes– Can go up in rank– Lowest to highest: paramedic, lieutenant,

captain, battalion chief, division chief, and upper managment

• Job possibilities– Rarely any job possibilities because if you

quit a job, you can not continue your rank. You have to start over as a paramedic even though you were a captain before for instance.

Challenges and Challenges and RewardsRewards

• Challenges– Injuries because of lifting people

• Spends thousands of money– Political challenges

• Change in hours and pay– Seeing people die– Sleeping hours are not consistent. It will vary.– You are not going to eat meals on time.

• Rewards– Tries to put three months at a busy station than

transport to different, slower stations– Can get any job as a Paramedic – Great medical insurance– Also has a retirement plan set-up– Your hours allows you to do other things besides work.– Your salaries are very good. Ranging from roughly

13,000- 24,000 for a paramedic to lieutenant or even Captain.

EquipmentsEquipments1

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1. Oxygen Tank: It is in the Green bag. Green stands for oxygen

2. Heart monitor: monitors what the heart is doing. Very similar to the one in the hospital

• Drug box- Ex: IV, different kinds of drugs, simple bandage

• The “green bag”: consist of everything you need to keep a patient breathing. Ex: tube, portable mask

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FacilitiesFacilities

1. The hallway where bedrooms are located. In the bedroom, there was a bed, TV, desk, and restrooms.

2. Lounge- games, movies3. Kitchen- they had LOTS of

food in the storage. Everyone brings their own food. Has to clean up after themselves

4. Office- They say that they are barely in the office. Only when they have to do paper work.

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ETC.ETC.

UniformsUniforms

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1. Wears a polo top with their names and rank

printed on it. Navy Kaki pants. Has a belt to hold

their beeper.

2. This is a jacket made out of the same material

as the fire fighters uniform. This is a fire resistance jacket. You

only wear this if you are at a fire incident.

3. All uniform is provided by the department!

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This is the master chair. The patient is right in front of

youThere are at least five storage on the

side of the ambulance.

This is the drivers seat. This is the

passenger’s seat.

There is a computer

to navigate route and tell what kind of

patients they are running

into.

This is a radio. They can connect with any hospital in Kansas. This is there to tell the

hospital that they need to get ready

for a patient.