By J.Son of NakedBoyNews.com – Giving people the NAKED truth!

AMR the city of Las Vegas’ largest ambulance company is set to strike if their demands are not met. And what is AMR doing about it? Nothing… they are shutting their doors to union talks and have banned union reps from the premises.

“It is simple” says one AMR paramedic who spoke under condition of anonymity “we want AMR to recognize us!” he went on to say “we are underpaid and overworked, not to mention put out on the street in unaccredited ambulances.”

After doing my research, the heart of the issue is the union employees of AMR feel neglected by a money hungry company. From being told to transport patients that don’t need it, so they can make a $1000 minimum fee on a transport, to hiding old ambulances when CAS (the agency that regulates ambulances) comes to do its inspections to covering up for a county agency who doesn’t pull it’s weight yet gets kick backs.

Let’s start at the transport of patients. Each patient has the right to be transported to the hospital if requested; however as a citizen we also rely on the EMT’s expertise to let us know if we really need to go to the ER for further check up. The paramedics I spoke with told me that they are trained to lie to patients and get them to take the $1000 ride, across the street in some cases, to the hospital.

The union employees of AMR on a whole are upset with a “broken system” and with the threat of a strike they hope to help make the system better. A system where county paramedics tell patients that they don’t transport to the hospital, yet in actuality they do and for free, they just don’t want to be bothered. And when they don’t want to be bothered they send them to AMR where instead of free, the have to pay. A system in which city paramedics (not county) can choose which patients they transport, a system flawed when you find out certain hospitals have a kick back program set up for transports. Some of the city paramedics are receiving a $50 kick back per transport on top of the $80,000 to $100,000 annual salary. While newly hired AMR paramedic intermediates are making in the $11 an hour range, with forced overtime after an already long 12 hour shift.

Now how did the people of Las Vegas get involved in this mess? The city of Las Vegas has a franchise agreement with AMR and Medic West (AMR’s sister company) to take care of all transports in the city. How did this agreement come about? Simple: the fire department was tired of transporting people who called 911 for a stubbed toe or an ingrown toenail. These are examples of how 911 has truly become the United States form of socialized healthcare. After years of being over burdened by fire calls and 911 calls, the city franchised the EMT/paramedic services to private business. I wonder if the city will start paying more attention to who it signs up to contract critical services like emergency medical help to in the future. I don’t know who to blame… AMR, the union employees, or the city for not paying attention. But all I know is that if a major accident or a natural disaster happens and AMR is on strike and the city is left helpless – I hope everyone at city hall and AMR is out of a job!

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