Question for City Paramedics?!

Question for City Paramedics?

Hello

I'm a Paramedic just graduated a while ago...I work on the oil fields but I hate it and so I am moving to Calgary a city over a million people...I'm just wondering what can I expect in big city what kind of calls? How much severe trauma do you think ill see? Or any other info you think I need to know?

Thanks

I can't speak for Calgary, but I do work in a large city. 99% of my calls are not critical. They are a mix of people abusing the 911 system, or people who have minor injuries or illness. You will provide a lot of supportive care. You won't see a lot of real trauma, although in a large city you will get some. Just last shift we had a huge MVC with almost an hour of extrication time. We had helicopters on the ground, traffic backed up for miles, news cameras.. You know, the reason we got into this line of work! Good luck in Calgary. Expect to run on a lot of non-critical calls, but always be ready for the critical ones.