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Is being a paramedic a reputable career?This question is in fact quite an important one. Having the wrong impression has prevented a great many possibly excellent caregivers from entering the field of prehospital care. In Canada, it is particularly a factor among new Canadians from South Asian and East Asian descent. It often exists in the form of a conflict between a young person interested in a career in EMS and their parents and family members who consider this to be far less prestigious than nursing, law or, of course, medicine.This stems from a lack of knowledge and understanding about this field. A great many folks think paramedics drive fast in a converted delivery van, put a sick or hurt person on a bed with wheels and drive them to the hospital where the real medical professionals will get to work.This was in fact the case for a long time. Paramedicine, or prehospital care is an extremely new medical discipline. It was created in the early 1970s when doctors and firefighters in Los Angeles sought to reproduce the principles of battlefield medicine they had seen applied in Korea and Vietnam. Nursing as a profession dates back to the 1850s, Florence Nightingale and the Crimean war. Medicine, of course, dates back millennia to antique Rome and Greece and the likes of Aesculapius and Galen. But this very newness is also one of the most exciting aspects of para medicine, because it is still evolving and filling new niches, as medical services delivery models evolve more and more rapidly.The core philosophy of Paramedicine is to bring critical medical interventions out of the emergency room right to the patient still on scene. Right into the living room, the nursing home, the bus stop on the street corner, and inside the wrecked car while the firefighters are still cutting it apart to get the patient out. Paramedics today can perform interventions that were not available to emergency physicians 50 years ago, and only performed by physicians as recently as 20 years ago. In my province of Alberta, in Canada, this includes, among other things, administration of 60 different medications, including cardiac antiarrhythmics, vasopressors, paralytics, narcotics, and Thrombolytics. These are not headache pills. They are powerful and life-saving medications they can easily kill if miss-administered. Paramedics can performe advanced interventions such as endotracheal intubation, which is the placement of a breathing tube in the trachea, and take over breathing for the patient, decompress a collapsed lung by inserting a catheter into the chest cavity, place a surgical airway through an incision in the front of the neck, read and interpret 12 lead electrocardiograms, administer both synchronized and unsynchronized electrical shocks to correct dangerous heart rhythms, and, of course, obtain intravenous access. Scientific research is now showing that the optimal place for attempting to resuscitate a person having experience an out of hospital cardiac arrest is right there on scene, led by a Paramedic. As I indicated earlier, this care is often provided in highly irregular environments, which requires a great deal of flexibility and improvisation. We are most definitely no longer “just ambulance drivers“.To achieve the Canadian designation of “Advanced Care Paramedic“, which is equivalent to a regular Paramedic in the UK and the US, required three years of post secondary education which included numerous practicums both on ambulance and in hospitals, including one in the operating room for the placement of advanced airways, and one in an obstetrics ward for learning to deliver babies. Obtaining the designation requires the candidate to undergo a licensing examination by a provincial regulatory body consisting of both a written exam and oral scenarios.In the UK and many provinces in Canada, paramedicine is a self regulated profession controlled by a provincial or national college, similar to the college of physicians and surgeons and the college of nurses.For historical reasons, which I’m quite sorry to say have a lot to do with sexism, nurses have never been accorded any degree of independent practice, despite their tremendously broad and deep training and knowledge base. This is beginning to change, especially with nurse practitioners, but only in tiny increments, regrettably.The practice of paramedicine outside of medical institutions has led to paramedics being employed in new and previously undreamt of ways. In Alberta and many other jurisdictions, Community Paramedics are caring for elderly patients and those with significant chronic conditions such as COPD in their homes, administering blood tests and IV antibiotics, and saving thousands of visits to the emergency department. Not to mention tens of millions of dollars in costs. Paramedics are staffing clinics in remote locations such as oil drilling camps and first nation ( American Indian) reservations, where physicians are not available. We have started a program where paramedics can now deliver palliative care interventions such as oxygen, blood transfusions, IV nausea medication or breakthrough narcotic pain relief to patients in their home, allowing them to spend the last moments where they are most comfortable and happiest, but still delivering symptom relieving care.Yes, paramedics operate under standing orders written in the form of protocols by physicians. We use our understanding of physiology, pathophysiology, and pharmacology to determine which conditions require which protocols, and went to phone physicians because we believe that following the protocol would be counterproductive or dangerous.Finally, I have found working as a paramedic to be a hugely rewarding profession, allowing me to offer relief from pain, fear and illness in a setting where no other care is available. Far more satisfying than my former career as an engineer, but every bit as intellectually demanding and satisfying.If that isn’t reputable, I don’t know what it is.

This answer is highly contextualized, but here's a list of the stuff I hear on air and in person on a regular basis; note that I've omitted terminology typically used by SWAT teams and on high risk incidents in order to preserve tactical superiority:Hinky. Troublesome, a source of consternation. If the hairs on the back of my neck started standing up about something, I might have said that I was "getting a hinky feeling about it." This could also be used as a verb - "I really got hinked up on that call." Not used on air.Mope. Someone who's functionally worthless; white trash. "I wish these mopes would quit milling around the square." Never used on air - reserved more for the locker room.Standby. Hold in place, don't act on last transmission yet. If I needed to get more information before dispatch or another officer carried out an action request, I might say, "Standby on that pending further."Disregard. Basically a fancy 'never mind.' "Disregard my last."D-Dub. Shorthand for DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) Not typically used on the radio.B-Dubs. Buffalo Wild Wings, a favored stop for lunch where I worked, as they stayed open later than many sit downs and waitresses were usually nice about seating you in the dining room after it had closed and gone bar only. You often got D-Dubs coming out of B-Dubs. :)Twist Off / Torque Off. Fly off the handle, get viscerally enraged. "My warrant arrest completely twisted off when I put the cuffs on."Run Code. Responding to a call with lights and sirens.Reduce Code. Turning your lights and sirens off and responding to a call normally. "313 we're stabilizing, any further units can reduce code."Blue Flamer. Rookie officer who feels like he or she has a mandate to save the world and bring all evildoers to justice. "How many car stops is that blue flamer going to make tonight?"J4. Fatality. Usually in the context of an accident, but used in other instances as well. This is what would be given over the radio.DRT. Dead Right There. This is what would not be used over the radio, and used only between officers. If someone was deceased upon first responder arrival and there was no point in attempting resuscitation or medical transport, they might be referred to as DRT.Dump / Splash. Take a suspect to the ground via a takedown maneuver. "He started trying to jerk away from me, so I had to splash him on the pavement."Squirrelly. Nervous, fidgety. Could describe a subject who's getting nervous and might try to run, or somebody on stimulants who can't stifle his or her tics. "Watch this guy - he's starting to get squirrelly on us."Stick. Baton - whether fixed or collapsible.Power Up. Shine a light in a suspect's eyes in order to disorient or distract them. "This light's strobe function will help you power somebody up." In other contexts, this could also be used as slang for using a TASER on someone.Light Up. Initiate a car stop by activating a patrol car's emergency lights. This, too, could alternately be used to describe TASER use.Street Justice. That one extra lick with a baton or extra knee strike above what was actually required to bring a suspect under control. I'm not going to pretend this never happened - but in a department where Internal Affairs performed full blown investigations on cases of discourtesy, you did this at your own peril.Hook. Arrest (specifically, put handcuffs on). "Go hook that guy - I've got enough PC on him."Good For. Probably committed the crime. "I think the boyfriend's good for it."Stovepipe. When a shell casing doesn't eject properly from your pistol and instead stands on end in the ejection port, causing a malfunction.Red P. Red phosphorus, a key component in a particular method of methamphetamine production.Pimping Out. Other than the standard definition, this refers to unnecessarily riling up a suspect with the intention of making them throw a punch or resist arrest, which would allow more use of force. "I wish Jones would quit pimping people out while he's on calls with me."Hose Draggers. Firefighters. Used in good fun. Mostly.Hard Striper. A formally promoted corporal or sergeant (as opposed to an officer acting as corporal or a corporal acting as sergeant).Scripts. Prescriptions. "That's a lot of pills. Got a script for those?"Flying Colors. Exhibiting gang colors, usually on your person or vehicle.Juvie. A juvenile subject, or the Juvenile Office.Hanging Paper. Writing multiple citations.Prowler. When used officer to officer on the in-car messaging system, a heads up that an attractive female, typically a jogger, was at the listed location; this code provided plausible deniability, as lieutenants could pull car-to-car messages for review. "Might want to check possible prowler SB at Main and First."Dump Light. Shine your flashlight or spotlight in a given location. "Dump some light in that corner."Drop Off an Item. Wink and nod radio code indicating you need to visit a bathroom before you go to the requested location. "Clear on the call dispatch; I'll be en route as soon as I drop an item off at Headquarters."Reality Challenged. Generally accepted politically correct way to refer to a wide range of people on the radio. This could be a reference to severe schizophrenia, limited cognition, and so on. "Clear on the call comments, dispatch; be advised that the caller is reality challenged."Be Advised. Succinct way of saying, "Just so you and anyone monitoring the channel is aware." "313 Dispatch, be advised that I'll be attempting contact at 123 South Main."In Service. Beginning tour of duty, or reentering service after having finished a call for service.Expedite. Upgrade response; usually a request to run lights and sirens.Keyholder. Someone responsible for a business, usually an owner or a manager. In the case of an audible alarm or vandalism preventing the building from being secured, I would ask dispatch to attempt contact with a keyholder.Beat. Area of the city worked by a particular officer.Cherries. Lights on top of patrol cars; usually used by veteran officers who still remember the globe-style lights they used to have.Slick-top. Supervisor patrol car without a lightbar on top.Mag. Short for pistol magazine - never, ever to be called a "clip," on pain of pushups in academy and derision on the street. "Bring all of your mags when you come to training tomorrow."Drop Mag. Eject the magazine from your pistol.Bags. Beanbag rounds, used for suspect debilitation.AVL. Automatic Vehicle Location; allowed dispatch to see exactly where a given patrol car was. "313 Dispatch, this street doesn't have any signage - can you pick me up on AVL?"Flying/Screaming. Describing something, usually a vehicle, going extremely fast. "I was sitting at Main and First, and this guy goes screaming down First right in front of me."Crotch Rocket. Street bike - the bane of the traffic officer's existence.Black and Whites. Patrol cars with a black and white paint scheme (usually in which the hood, fenders and trunk are black while the cabin is white), as opposed to a solid colored car with applied police decals. In my experience, officers overwhelmingly prefer black and whites - there's no question who pulled up that way. Any two bit security company can slap a badge on a white Crown Victoria.LVNR. Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint. I'll post a video, so long as you'll pinky swear not to do it. :) As simple as it looks, you can really gank up the sensitive structures in the neck if you do this wrong. This video comes from a police academy, and the person applying the technique is an instructor.This doesn't cut off air - it disrupts blood flow in a combative person. It's usually done standing, with the suspect taken off balance to the rear (on their heels). In most departments that use it, it's fairly high on the use of force continuum (some don't use it - in fact, during my tenure on my former department, it was only sanctioned for use in lethal force situations, though that's changed since).Open Beat/Beats/Beats Plus (#). Signified staffing levels. Open beat meant you were one officer short of being able to cover each beat; that meant officers in adjacent beats had to cover significantly more area and were always busier as a result - you never wanted to hear this when you came into work, because it almost invariably meant you had a long day of work ahead. Beats meant you had just enough to cover each area, while a plus one or two meant that you had that many flex officers picking up stray calls.Full Boat. Whole squad's working - nobody sick or on vacation. Usually meant it was a good night for a special project (warrants, DWIs, etc.).Shanked. Getting stuck with something that shouldn't have been your responsibility. "Jones stayed on that traffic stop too long and shanked me with a call in his beat."SFSTs. Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. This is the stuff you see at the side of the road - walk and turn, one leg stand, checking the eyes.DREs. Drug Recognition Experts. If someone was exhibiting indicators of intoxication but didn't have alcohol in their system, a DRE was called in to determine whether the impairment was caused by another drug.On Board. In somebody's system (in reference to a drug). "Pretty sure this guy's got some stimulants on board."Trip Zeros/Eggs. When someone registered a .000% BAC on a breath test checking for alcohol. "My DWI arrest blew eggs on the breath test, so I called a DRE in."Sōsh. Social Security Number (note the long O). Radio time is precious, so even "SSN" requires two unnecessary syllables.Copped to it. Admitted doing it. "He lied to me at first, but after hearing what the witnesses had to say he eventually copped to it."Flip. Having one suspect confess and implicate the other(s) involved in a crime. "Once he saw what the jail time was looking like, he flipped on the other two."Open Mic. Inadvertently engaging the key on the mic for an extended period and transmitting audio. This is bad, because on a trunked system (one not permitting simultaneous transmission), only dispatch can break through to get on air. It also brings the possibility of acute embarrassment - hundreds to thousands of people (if you count scanner monitors) will hear everything you're saying (or doing - I've heard tales of keyed mics in bathroom stalls).Walked On. Covering another person's transmission on the radio. "Repeat 313 - I think I walked on your transmission."Prelim. Preliminary hearing (in court).Pled Out. Accepted a plea bargain.Skated. A suspect getting acquitted of criminal charges, usually for a perceived technicality. "He skated on it because the victim didn't show up to testify."Throw Down. Get in a rough and tumble street fight or fist fight. "I rolled up on scene, and two of them were throwing down in the parking lot."Wants. Outstanding warrants or pickup orders issued by a judge.P&P. Probation and parole; if someone is on either, there will be a 'hit' on their return that must be met with a 'response' - a short summary of the reason for the contact and the disposition.Close/clear my last with [disposition]. Note in the system that officers are leaving the scene. In my agency, calls could be cleared in a number of ways (these aren't all inclusive, but cover at least 99.5% of call clearances in my experience):With a report: Officer will file a police report regarding the matter)With citation(s): Driver was issued tickets on a traffic stopWith a warning: Driver was issued a verbal warning on a traffic stopHBO (Handled By Officer): The responding officer was able to resolve the situation on scene and no formal report is necessary.GOA (Gone On Arrival): The officer could not locate the source of the complaint.Unfounded: Officer arrived, located the source of the complaint and investigated, but there is no indication a crime has occurred, or the caller's statements are unsubstantiated.ROA (Referred to Outside Agency): Another organization [hospital, Family Services, fire department, etc.] is taking the situation over.Background. Noise in your vicinity preventing you from hearing radio traffic. "313 repeat - I had background."The Log. Primary responsibility for a particular call. The officer with the log will write the original police report (if applicable) and is effectively in charge of the investigation and follow-up unless relieved by a superior officer. "313, close my last with a report and show me en route to that call with the log."Negative Contact. Radio lingo for "I couldn't find the person in question." "313, negative contact reference the caller's comments."Show me in. Note on the officer status screen that a particular officer is in service and available to respond to calls for service. "313, I'm no longer needed on scene, you can show me in."Rush/Rush Traffic. Request for priority in transmitting radio traffic; also serves as an alert to other officers. Used in the midst of an active incident, particularly when a limited number of officers are on a dynamic scene and people are leaving and/or being assaulted. "313 rush, gold four door sedan is leaving the scene southbound on Main."Status/Status Check. Dispatchers are subject to policies by which they must check the status of an officer on an active call - particularly car stops - after a given length of radio silence on their part. If the officer does not respond to repeated status checks, other officers will be dispatched to their location. The reason for this is that, should an officer become incapacitated or in such a state that he or she cannot transmit (for instance, in an active fight with a suspect), this ensures other units will be dispatched by default to assist after a set amount of time.Stable. The standard officer response to a status check. They may follow this up with something (for instance, "completing citations") to let dispatch know they're still on the call but have released the involved parties and won't need to be checked again. Conversely, depending on agency, deviation from this may indicate there's an issue but the officer is precluded from communicating openly on the radio.Checks/Wants on [#]; [#] to run. Notifies dispatch that the officer needs them to check the information for X number of people to see if they have warrants, active restraining orders, probation/parole or missing persons hits, and to get their driving status.Broken/Took You Out. Notice to another person that their radio traffic was muffled or garbled and that they need to repeat. If the culprit is known, they'll typically be told that it took them out. "313 to 214, you were broken, repeat?" "313 to 535, the wind took you out."Bar Close. In my city, our downtown district had a number of drinking establishments that had last call at essentially the same time; this had the unfortunate effect of flooding the streets with drunk people all at once. We could typically have heavy presence in the area, and would sometimes pull beat officers downtown to do foot patrol to break up the spats and fights that were guaranteed to break out in the midst of that many intoxicated people. "310 313, can you respond downtown for bar close?"Call History. A list of the dates and times police have responded to a given address. Officers would sometimes ask for call history to see what they might expect at a given address if they weren't familiar; conversely, if there was a massive call history for an address officers are being sent to, dispatch would often notify them about it upfront.Ninety-Six. In Missouri we had a provision to subject people who were an imminent threat to their own safety to a 96 hour psychological evaluation. The noun was shortened to "ninety-six," and you could also use it as a verb: "I'll be ninety-sixing them."

Generally, as an international student studying in Australia ,in order to get a job you must meet certain criteria/requirements. This is very the first thing to do before searching for the job. Many jobs in Australia requires one to meet certain requirements or even go through some training programs first (this also applies to working holidays makers, backpackers etc.. also) .Working in Australia is very competitive and usually requires some proficiency in what you intend to do as a job. They expect you to possess some minimum skills and knowledge about the work and the working environment. These skills in the form of certificates or trainings show how qualified you are to work in Australia and will give you the right job you are seeking for.How ever, the good news is that all these certificates are easy to get, and usually at very affordable prices. Some do not even require any expenditure at all. Be aware that even the least job in Australia will demand one of these certificates or qualifications below .Below, we will try to outline some of them for you and tell you what they are exactly and for what jobs (and how to get the job), where to get the certificates or trainings, and at what price:RCG (Responsible Conduct of Gambling) also known as RGS or RSGRSA (Responsible Service of Alcohol)Working with Children Checks (Blue Card etc..)White CardFSS (Food Safety Supervisor)First Aid and CPRForklift licenceBarista SkillsTraffic ControllerTFNDriver LicenseOk, now that u know all of the working certificates needed to work in Australia ,lets get into what they really are, and where to obtain them.1 RCG also known as RGS or RSGThese are all necessary certificates for those who intend to work in the hospitality industry. SITHGAM006A which is also known as RCG(Responsible Conduct of Gambling),RGS(Responsible Gambling service or RSG(Responsible Service of Gambling) is a certificate that you must get if you intend to work in casinos or bars ,pubs ,clubs ,hotels having gambling or gaming facilities. It is a training course that teaches you on how to handle services and situations in this environment.Usually you can get this course online or via short class room course as Australia has many establishments offering the course.Via short classroom classes you can get this course at about 60$ while via online at about 24$.How ever most Australian states have different regulations in regards to when you have to acquire these certificates. In some states its compulsory to get before you start work ,in others, you need to get it as soon as you start your work.2 RSARSA stands for Responsible Service of Alcohol. This a training course that you need to obtain if you wish or intend to work in places serving alcohol in Australia. We recommend that when getting your RSG, you better get it same time with RSA since both certificates are needed to work in almost similar places. You need RSA to work in restaurants, bars, pubs ie any facility serving alcohol in Australia. Most online training programs will offer you a deal of 24 dollars to get both certificates after the completion of course.3 Working with children checksIn Australia, if you intend to work with children and young people, these are some of the most essential requirements you must meet ; (acquisition of these documents below. How you acquire them differ per state):In Queensland, we have Blue Card :This is a certificate you must acquire if you intend to work with children in Queensland.It is a training course that equips you with the skills you need to work with children certificate is handed to you after you complete this training. Its main is to minimize the risks of harm to children and young people by contributing to the creation of safe and supportive environments.Blue card is key prevention and monitoring system of people working with children and young people in Queensland. For more information on how to acquire this documents and the conditions check the official website Blue Card ServicesIn the State of Victoria you will find working with children services here on their official website Working with children checks VictoriaIn Australia State Territory : Working with vulnerable people (WWVP) RegistrationIn the state of New South Wales you have Working With Children Check official website.South Australia official website Child safe environmentsIn Northern Territories you will find Working with children clearanceIn Western Australia we have Working with children checks Western AustraliaIn the state of Tasmania find the information on Registration to work with vulnerable people4 White CardThis is an essential and a compulsory face to face training course that must be acquired by people who intern to work in Construction Industry in Australia. The certificate acquired at the end of this course is recognized all over the various states in Australia. The main aim of this course is to train you about health and work safety at the construction site.You will be trained on how to identify potential dangers at work place, and how to manage and avoid incidents .It also called Green Card some times as the card used to be green in color. Now its white.So do not get confuse over the name. Usually this health and work place induction can take a day and cost about 100$.5 FSSFSS stands for Food Safety Supervisor. This certificate how ever as compare to the above mentioned, is not so compulsory to obtain. Usually people who get these certificates are those with long term career plans in the food industry and with years of already acquired experience. Like the name says, its is a certificate for the position of food supervision. This means that the course is designed for supervisors to get training and meet the requirements on safety food handling and the knowledge on how to supervise and control the other staffs around them to do the same .The course can be taken face to face usually and its regulation differs state by state in Australia.6 First Aid and CPRThese courses are being offered all over the different states in Australia. Its a training course you must undertake if you intend to work in places that requires physical activities like sports, outdoor activities etc...You can take these courses either online or via a direct face to face training. The aim of the course is to teach you how to determine the needs of a victim , how to handle emergency situations, give you first-aid skills for controlling bleeding, treating minor cuts and injuries, fractures, snake bites and stings etc.. and perform Cardio-Pulmonary-Resuscitation when need arises among others. The price to take this course varies, but it is very affordable.7 Forklift licenceThis is a training course designed for people who have intentions to work with Forklift. Usually having an experience with Forklifts will facilitate your training and the duration also.8 Barista SkillsFirstly, I should let know you know that Australians love so much. So if you intend to work in Cafes, this is an essential skill you must acquire (if possible before you move to Australia) .Learn coffee art 💟!!Most coffee shops before they hire you even require previous experience. So before coming to Australia, if this is your dream, get some courses and acquire the skills and experience. The courses are available all over Australia. Prices varies but usually an hour course can cost about 100$ Australian dollars9 Traffic ControllerThis is a course training program for people who intend to work as an accredited Traffic Controller in Australian roads. To get this job or the certificate, an individual must complete and be deemed competent in the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) Approved Traffic Controller training program. If you are successful in the completion of the course, you can apply for a Traffic Controller Industry Authority Card issued by the Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR).This training program comes with some eligibility requirements that you must meet such as :Hold a General Construction Induction Card (White Card or Blue Card)Have held an open or provisional driver licence (Australian or foreign) other than a learners within the last 5 yearsMeet the medical fitness criteriaMeet the criminal history requirements (last 10 years)Meet the traffic history requirements (last 5 years)10 TFNTFN which stands for Tax File Number. While living and working in Australia, you must have an Australia tax file number.It is your personal reference number in the Australia tax system.It is therefore mandatory to have one .To apply for one go to Tax file number/Australian taxation office website.11 Driver LicenseMany jobs in Australia will require you to have a driver license. This is also a very big requirement but not a necessity to find a suitable job in Australia. Australia is so large and having a car can really make things faster for you. Having a car is a basic commodity in AustraliaNow that you know all what it takes to get a job in Australia as an international student , your task to get that job has become easier .For further information about how to get jobs, job types and where in Australia as an international student and the types of jobs please refer below :9 Simple Study and Work in Australia JobsTo find out how to get TFN for your job, visit this guide How to acquire your Australian TFNFor a guide on how to fill the form refer to How to Fill Tax File Number Declaration FormHope this helps!! good luck!