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Can a ODT EMT Justify $1100.00 16 mile ride to Hospital
- Thread starter Zastava
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Way off topic I know but basically my point was they have to pay an emt to stand around for several hours out of the day, so you're 30 minute trip also has to cover that as well.
I can believe it. I see the amberlamps in my neighborHOOD at least once a week. They come a pick up some guy that is strung out on some illegal drugs a couple times a month when he gets his "check". The other times they roll down the street where people call whenever someone has a bad cough or vomits. (not necessarily an emergency)
The majority of the time the crack head just needs a good nap, and the rest of the people should just chill and not take a ride to the hospital.
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They don't pay too high of a premium for them to stand around.
The majority of the costs come from other areas of the bill. Not the EMT.
I consider my greatest mistake not calling a helicopter 10 years ago when my father was dying. Instead he rode an ambulance from a cruddy hospitol to a great hospitol but the extra hour wasted killed him. Along with the hour my idiot brother let him lay on the ground in someones backyard a stones throw from the first hospitol.
The hand out receivers get free rides on the ambulance. I pay for mine and ten others rides.
The local life flight guys flew a lady that ran into a ditch that was running from the police. The witch almost t boned me before going into the ditch. Not one thing was wrong with her. The well equipped local hospital to me was 100 yards up the road. The ambulance service called the chopper to fly her to Columbus from Lagrange. I think they said $5000.00 a nautical mile.
The hand out receivers get free rides on the ambulance. I pay for mine and ten others rides.
The local life flight guys flew a lady that ran into a ditch that was running from the police. The witch almost t boned me before going into the ditch. Not one thing was wrong with her. The well equipped local hospital to me was 100 yards up the road. The ambulance service called the chopper to fly her to Columbus from Lagrange. I think they said $5000.00 a nautical mile.
I gots some sirens for you boy. Just get in the back.
Lmfao!!!!!!!!!
Let's not confuse "the going rate" for what it they charge compared to the actual costs in our Medical System today. Under the costs/ charges you've laid out above if you're rig did just 2 calls a day within the 1st year they would have Grossed $600,000.00. I'm sure you're running more than 2 per day. Wall St. Fat Cats getting Rich Rich Rich.
No one is getting rich off our service. There are WAY more things that have to be paid for than just what I listed. Yes if we ran two calls a day and everyone paid we would be doing alot better. BUT, most don't pay, Medicare pays a small fraction of the normal charge.
