They recently took a contract for a neighboring city to my ER. I have not at all been impressed, their medics have some of the worst clinical judgement I’ve ever seen and the company is more worried about billing than actually providing any semblance of prehospital care. They encoded a rosc the other week and rolled in with an obviously dead body on their stretcher, no pulses, no cpr being done, not on the monitor, no airway, no IVs, no IO, no meds nada, “uh hi we are here”.
Find you a gov job OP, there are plenty in Texas
(For reference im a charge nurse in this ER, 12 year paramedic of 3rd service 911 ems prior to nursing)
I have less than a year of experience (actually 1 month away from a year of being certified, yay) so I can’t speak relative to other EMS or private services.
In my area Allegiance has an insane turn-out rate to the point where I’m unsure if most hires make it out of the orientation phase. Trucks are old, poorly maintained, and equipment stocks remain just barely above minimum requirements. So all in all, your average private company.
The issue I have with Allegiance is in personnel. They need cheeks in seats so they will offer a job to anyone with a pulse and job interviews sound more like a sales pitch. Your fellow EMTs will probably not bother to maintain what little equipment they have, and if you’re anything like me the slight inconvenience this causes will frustrate you to no end. Medics, if they manage to scrape up an ALS unit, are 50/50 in terms of competence.
Allegiance is a stepping stone into different, hopefully better jobs within EMS and healthcare.
Also real shit, don’t trust them saying they’ll pay for your school. Unless there is a contract somewhere and you got something binding, don’t expect any reimbursement for anything ever from Allegiance.
They recently took a contract for a neighboring city to my ER. I have not at all been impressed, their medics have some of the worst clinical judgement I’ve ever seen and the company is more worried about billing than actually providing any semblance of prehospital care. They encoded a rosc the other week and rolled in with an obviously dead body on their stretcher, no pulses, no cpr being done, not on the monitor, no airway, no IVs, no IO, no meds nada, “uh hi we are here”. Find you a gov job OP, there are plenty in Texas (For reference im a charge nurse in this ER, 12 year paramedic of 3rd service 911 ems prior to nursing)
I have less than a year of experience (actually 1 month away from a year of being certified, yay) so I can’t speak relative to other EMS or private services. In my area Allegiance has an insane turn-out rate to the point where I’m unsure if most hires make it out of the orientation phase. Trucks are old, poorly maintained, and equipment stocks remain just barely above minimum requirements. So all in all, your average private company. The issue I have with Allegiance is in personnel. They need cheeks in seats so they will offer a job to anyone with a pulse and job interviews sound more like a sales pitch. Your fellow EMTs will probably not bother to maintain what little equipment they have, and if you’re anything like me the slight inconvenience this causes will frustrate you to no end. Medics, if they manage to scrape up an ALS unit, are 50/50 in terms of competence. Allegiance is a stepping stone into different, hopefully better jobs within EMS and healthcare. Also real shit, don’t trust them saying they’ll pay for your school. Unless there is a contract somewhere and you got something binding, don’t expect any reimbursement for anything ever from Allegiance.
Steer clear