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You have to be an independent thinker and know how to troubleshoot. Cianelli said firefighters work shifts that allow them the opportunity to work side jobs.
He said many of the paramedics pick up extra work at hospitals and other places that need medical personnel. He also said paramedics tend to do well on promotional tests within the department. However, when a paramedic is promoted, he or she is usually assigned to another truck company where an officer is needed.
Cianelli said there is a shortage of paramedics throughout the Northern Panhandle in both paid and volunteer departments. He said there are no local paramedic courses offered in the Northern Panhandle after West Virginia Northern Community College dropped them from its curriculum.
The closest place that offers paramedic training and licensing is in Fairmont. He said paramedic training requires six months to two years of course work.
Cianelli said a nursing degree can be obtained in two years as well. Applicants must sign up by Friday, June Applications are available online at wheelingwv.
That results in the need for more paramedics in the lineup. He and a security officer ultimately found Becraft "unconscious. Inside the bathroom with him, arrest papers say, was a used needle, a metal spoon , a green tourniquet, a lighter and three small baggies.
Becraft later told police he bought two bags of heroin on the way to work that day, cooked it in the bathroom and injected it. Arrest papers say doctors also found a drug called Fentanyl in his system - that's a pain reliever more potent than morphine. Quillin declined to discuss the specifics of what happened that day, saying Becraft still has time to appeal his firing.
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We tried to reach Becraft for a comment too, but no one answered our knock at the door of his home and there's no defense attorney listed in his court records. The chief contends Becraft - and other EMT's and paramedics - are randomly drug tested and an immediate inventory of the ambulances didn't show anything missing. Arrest papers say Becraft spoke freely with investigators after he recovered, telling them he was a recovering addict who's been clean for about a month.
He told them the amount of heroin he used that day wasn't unusual and his "functionality was usually enough that he planned to return to work after injecting the drugs. Becraft was charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and issued a notice to appear in court.
Chief Quillin tells us that paramedic was arrested on drug charges while off duty, but failed to notify the county, which is against its policy. The chief says employees arrested "off duty" typically have a chance to enter counseling and drug treatment, but that does not apply to folks caught with drugs "on the job. Click Here to access the online Public Inspection File.
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