Often you can hear approving: yes, her husband works as a driver for an ambulance. Gets unmeasured.
Our citizens like to count income in someone else's wallet. Let's talk about the salary of an ambulance driver. We will shed light on his superfluous income.
Who are they taking there?
Before moving on to the main question, let's find out what qualities a driver should have. It is qualities, not skills.
- Compassion. Without this, working as an ambulance driver in Moscow and not only is unrealistic. Sometimes you have to help paramedics. And you need to do this carefully, without rough treatment of the patient. Before them is not the body, but a living person, only many forget about it. Therefore, compassion is one of the main criteria for such work.
- The ability to make decisions quickly. It would seem, why such a skill to an ordinary driver? Then, on the roads, at times, such a situation happens that it’s not far from the accident. And what if the car is a "heavy" patient, traffic jams on the roads? The driver will have to go around, if possible. And the ability to quickly navigate in difficult traffic conditions is a huge plus.
- Diligence. The driver of the ambulance submits to the paramedic. And if the latter sets any task, then it must be completed on time and in accuracy.
- Endurance. Both physical and moral. It's no secret that you have to see the suffering of people. Psychologically, it is not easy to withstand. Yes, and help the paramedic is necessary: somewhere to convey the patient on a stretcher, somewhere to help get into the car.
And what is the salary of an ambulance driver? About this in the next section.
How much pay?
This profession is relevant, especially in the central part of Russia. True, the payment there barely reaches 15,000 rubles. In other regions, for example, in the Yaroslavl region, the salary is about 10,000 rubles. Not many people want to take on huge responsibility for this minuscule.
Best for those who work in Moscow. Here, the salary of an ambulance driver ranges from 35,000 thousand to 45,000 thousand. St. Petersburg drivers are also lucky. They can earn about 33,000 rubles. The third line is occupied by Bashkortostan. Not a lot, not a little, but ambulance drivers get 30,000 rubles.
In the Tambov region, earnings are about 18,000 rubles. On average, the salary of an ambulance driver in Russia is 15,000 rubles.
What should be able to?
You look at the salary offered for drivers, and somehow it becomes sad. For a modest salary (not including Moscow and St. Petersburg) they are required to:
- Assistance to the paramedic in first aid.
- Responsibility for the health of the machine, as well as for tools and devices inside it.
- Compliance with safety precautions.
- Focus on the roads.
Ambulance driver work seems to be easy. What is there, carry and carry the sick. Sometimes help transfer, provide first aid. This is rarely true.
So it seems. Everywhere is good, where we are not. Now imagine that ambulances are in the bulk of their wreck. At least outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg. If such a machine breaks down, the driver must repair it himself. This is especially true when you go on a call, and then once, and got up a "war horse". What if you take a person to the hospital? Yes, and urgently? Stress is provided, at a minimum, to the driver, and the paramedic, and to the patient.
Necessarily the ability to navigate the terrain. Someone laughs, they say, what can be done there? Turn on the navigator on your phone and go.
Alas, such an opportunity is available only for drivers working in cities. Rural and rural have never heard of such luxury.Moreover, there are villages in Russia where civilization does not smell. What is the Internet there? There is no gas, stove heating in the population.
In a city with a navigator its problems. He can "lead" along a long path, or even go astray. A little pleasant.
Violent patients
Work as a driver in an ambulance also includes the ability to "tame" especially violent comrades. No, this is not about psychos. They call a special car. There are different people, how many cases are already known, when an adequate-looking person pounces on a paramedic and an ambulance driver.
Here you need to be able to respond quickly, and physical strength is required. And the salary of an ambulance driver is such that you don’t want to risk your life for a penny.
Qualification
Without it, nowhere, especially to people sitting behind the wheel of an ambulance. Very often, the driver is required to have experience in the profession. And it dates from at least three years.
And you also need a category of first or second class ambulance driver. And this is provided for by the Order of the Ministry of Health. Order No. 100 dated March 26, 1999.
Cons of the profession
Why do we start with the cons? Yes, because with the salary of an ambulance driver, which is received in the regions, there are only solid minuses:
- Heavy loads. Mean - physical. It is necessary to transfer the patient, repair the car. Very often, drivers rip off their backs at work.
- High risks of traffic accidents. The driver must be able to apply extreme driving skills. Sometimes, a lot depends on how quickly the patient will be delivered to the hospital. So the driver has to get out: do not provoke an accident, and bring the patient to a medical facility as soon as possible.
- Wage. There is nothing to talk about.
- Stress is regular. They are associated with the behavior of other patients and paramedics, irregular work and regular workloads.
Are there any pluses?
They fade in comparison with the minuses. But nevertheless, one cannot be silent about the social significance of this type of activity. The driver helps in saving human lives: this is first aid when necessary, and the very fact that it is the driver that takes the patient to the hospital.
High salaries for those who work in Moscow and St. Petersburg. It is a pity that drivers from other regions can only dream about it.
Conclusion
Is it worth going to work as an ambulance driver? If you live in Moscow or St. Petersburg, as well as in these areas - it’s worth it. For those who live in other cities of Russia, it is better to choose a different profession.
Therefore, those who believe that their friend the ambulance driver gets a lot of money are very mistaken. Yes, in certain cities this seems to be true. The money is not huge, but good. And in all the rest with a salary - trouble is trouble.