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MedEvac Ambulance Service

Owner is a good guy. Tries to take care of his employees. Sometimes  he can get hung up on the bottoms line and the $$$ which causes other issues. i dont envy his position. He does Offer health, vision, dental, and Paid time off. Has helped financially for school for several employees. Middle management is mostly awful. There is a disconnect between the owner and how middle management runs things for him.

One middle manager only cares that people know he has a white shirt and a gold badge. He shows up when hes the least useful, and is nowhere to be found when he actually is needed. While another you rarely hear from unless he finds a reason to be unhappy with you. Ive rarely dealt with the third, but have heard numerous employees complain about but cant speak on him myself. and the 4th was newly appointed. Seems like a good guy, decent medic, time will tell on his leadership abilities. 

The company runs two operations.  Emergency coverage in Lawrence County, and Non-emergent hospital transports in Pittsburgh. Priority is mainly given to the Pittsburgh operations. At times the 911 and emergency responsibilities can become neglected. It doesnt happen as much as it used to, but it still happens. 

Dispatch is the weakest link. Several dispatchers have no truck experience and treat and talk to the crews like they are dirt, they seem to sometimes get mixed messages on what their priories should be, or don't have common sense for resource management or unit allocation. 

It isnt all bad. 911s in Lawrence keep you fairly busy, If you dont get pulled for Pittsburgh trips. Pittsburgh Trips get you a bonus per trip you do. Racetrack standbys in summer pay more per hour then normal shifts. and based on conversations ive heard with people from other services, while we are definately not the highest paid, we are FAR from the lowest paid. 

trucks are definitely on the beat up side. 

Do your job, rarely call off, and try not to make too many waves and you can make a good living for yourself there.

Private for profit ambulance service that shares emergency response in Lawrence County while also having a Pittsburgh operation and station to provide non-emergency transports for the Pittsburgh hospitals.  Most NETs at the Pittsburgh station are BLS discharges home or to nursing homes, though ALS vent trips are occasionally done. The trucks at that station are newer and maintained fairly well.  The Lawrence County operation is dysfunctional with priority given to NETs despite no ambulance available in the county for emergency coverage. Ambulances sent on NETs will never be diverted to an emergency call despite being close to the call or if there are no other ambulances in the county to handle that call.  The ambulances at the Lawrence County stations are beat down,  in need of maintenance, and at times not safe to be on the road.  Staff members are berated for reporting vehicle or equipment problems. Ambulances routinely break down.  The operations director holds no EMS certification while another manager is an EMT who tries to run ALS calls or force medics to be in the back on BLS calls.  Pay is not up to par with competing services though benefits are not bad. Quality of staff is less than mediocre and that is acceptable as all that is expected is a warm body in a seat.  Crews are often held over for long periods of time.

Worked here for a year and hated every minute. First the manager lied about it being a mix of emergency and routine transport. Ellwood does emergency and Pittsburgh ONLY does routine transports. It’s almost impossible to get a shift up in Ellwood running emergencies. NOT good for new EMTs because you don’t use any medical skills. You’re a taxi for patients but have to do paperwork after. 
Managers don’t care about the employees or employees concerns. Managers will micromanage over small things but don’t care about big things. They don’t care if you get out of work on time even though there are trucks on all day. The only reason I put a 2 for job security is because their hurting so bad for employees they won’t fire you. Don’t pay out PTO when you leave. Difficult to request PTO. Are not understanding of last minute schedule changes for personal reasons.  

Horrible owners & horrible management that doesn't care about the employees.  Medic 82 lies about anything & everything just to get you in the door. Management in general is incompetent. The reason they pay more than other services is because of their track record of being a horrible place to work. They have to pay more to unsuspecting folks to get them in the door.  They're known as "Murdervac" in the general EMS community for the overall general incompetence. You will spend your shift in Pittsburgh doing discharges not running 911 calls like they say when they hire you.  Save yourself the headache & just don't bother with this place!

overall medevac was an "OK" place to work 
lou the assistant chief is a really good guy but the upper management is clueless to the day to day operations and expect you to stay over after a 16 hr shift given this is the emergency field and some calls are longer than others but for you to specifically "need me" to stay over is ridiculous ....maybe it wouldn't be so ridiculous if I got paid more than 10$ an hr to save someones life 
FAMILY DOESNT MATTER TO THEM ONLY HOW MANY PATIENTS THEY CAN BILL

I started with the company in the 90’s .  The company hired me with no experience.  They trained me and helped me grow.  Over the years they valued me as a person and an employee.  
My son at the age of 17 had heart problems and needed the ambulance service.  This was a very difficult time for me and I am thankful that Medevac was there for me.  I am who I am today because of Medevac ambulance and I am forever thankful.

Medevac is one of three 911 services in Lawrence Co.  Medevac does a mix of 911 and non-emergency work.  There are two operations.  One is Lawrence Co and one in Pittsburgh.  They have mostly all new trucks with power cots and power load systems.  New monitors and UPMC command.  They are the highest paid service in Lawrence Co.  The benefit package is very nice.

The company was founded in 1990 and is well established with-in the EMS community.  The CEO is involved in the day to day company operations along side the experienced management team.  The company strives to provide the best possible work / life balance solution to each employee while still maintaining company and EMS system needs.  

This service was so terrible and miserable that I gave up being an EMT after. It was just such a grueling and unrewarding experience. Management saw you only as a way to make money and not as an actual person/employee. Nearly everyone that worked there was miserable constantly. The trucks constantly had cracked windshields too. It was just a very disappointing experience overall. 

Great management. Felt like a family. Lead paramedic running 911 calls with progressive protocols. Often required to call Life Flight. Wonderful experience for paramedics.  Yes, I ran the occasional IFT call, but mostly 911. Would have stayed at Medevac but I moved to Florida. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Emergency medical technician 3 salaries reported	$22.92 per hour
Paramedic 3 salaries reported	$29.30 per hour
Van driver 2 salaries reported	$19.95 per hour
Emergency dispatcher 3 salaries reported	$15.33 per hour
Medic 3 salaries reported	$32.30 per hour

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