How are paramedics viewed in your country?

selfless lifesavers

>>66513917
*rummages through pockets*
no credit card here boys, onto the next call!

>>66513892
Socialismo

>>66513945
They'll still treat you if you must know

People just don't get thrown out of the hospital if they can't afford treatment

They just tack on debt

>>66513945
They still treat people even if they don't have insurance

Most of the time if it's really bad trauma or something they'll write off treatment as a charity case

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIrvqBDwxQM

They're respected but underpaid, much like teachers and nurses.

>>66513892
Good guys who don't get paid enough for what they do

24 hour shifts, doing everything from bringing back worthless druggies from an overdose to delivering babies in elevators.

>>66514099
>>66514106
Medic here, I actually get paid pretty decently in comparison to the cost of living here.

I live in Louisville, KY and make $28.50/hr

>>66514147
>>66513892
Also fuck I wish we did cycle responders here

After flight medic and beach safety, that's my ideal medic job.

Underrated civil servants

>great guys who do a difficult and selfless job
>level of knowledge and skill is way higher than many other professions with similar education levels
>get paid peanuts
>get treated like shit by 90% of their clientele
>commonly forgotten about and overshadowed by police officers who do jack shit in comparison

>>66514147
yeah and I bet your company charges like $3000 for an hour of your time, pretty good deal

how do I set up a paramedic company in america??

>>66514476
You have to have enough capital to do it. Shit is expensive.

You also need a physician to act as your medical director. The MD's license is what the medics actually provide care through.

>>66513892
We currently do not have a profession called Paramedics in government service, unfortunately. Currently the job is done by nurses and MAs who ride the ambulance (each government hospital and polyclinic in Malaysia has their own fleet of ambulances). We also have NGOs such as St Johns Ambulance and the Red Crescent offering ambulance and paramedic service. There's also private ambulances that you can charter.