Recruitment & Retention
The SA国际传媒 recruitment and retention topic includes research into what drives providers from the profession, tips for finding, recruiting, hiring and onboarding EMS personnel, as well as strategies for protecting provider emotional and physical health and increasing job satisfaction for the long haul
Bryony Gilbey joins the podcast to discuss 鈥淗onorable but broken,鈥� the documentary that sums up the precipitous state of EMS
Every leader鈥檚 to-do list should feature things they know they don鈥檛 have to do but do anyway
Who among us, in a moment of fatigue and frustration, hasn鈥檛 imagined parking the ambulance somewhere the sun doesn鈥檛 shine
鈥淒ispatchers are now answering approximately 1,000 more calls per day. That鈥檚 about 1,000 more calls from seven years ago,鈥� Mayor Mark Farrell said
Adrian fire chief Tim Bartenslager asked the mayor, city commission and city administrator to increase the roster from 15 to 18 firefighters
Eligible volunteers can receive a tax credit of up to $250 on their earned income tax levied by the township
In an effort to combat the nationwide volunteer shortage, 20 fire and EMS departments in three states are getting creative with tactics such as recruitment centers
The union is urging voters to reject proposals, one of which eliminates the requirement that firefighters be certified paramedics
City Manager Patrick Duhaney promised to have an action plan for the center by the end of the month and allowed funds for more staff and training
Active volunteer responders could get a 20 percent credit on their municipal real estate taxes and a rebate on earned income taxes
Sharon Regional Medical Center and Community College of Allegheny County are cooperating to start a paramedic instructional program at the hospital
鈥淯nit 68鈥� is meant to inspire future generations to become EMTs or paramedics and follows a boy who meets his future self on a mysterious ambulance
Local 449 Vice President Kevin Drysdale said there have been 鈥渕ultiple problems鈥� leading up to the 10-day strike notice, including poor negotiations
Nashville Fire Department officials voiced their concerns and said they 鈥渁ctually deal with having shortfalls鈥� due to low staff numbers
Chief Justin Mochar asked that active volunteer responders receive a property tax rebate of 20 percent, as well as an earned income tax refund
AMR employees said they have seen ambulances unstaffed in several neighborhoods, which is impacting 911 response times
Officials said the turnover rate for Horry County Fire Department is high due to firefighters and paramedics leaving for departments with better pay
Vernon Township Volunteer Fire Department is being dispatched to medical incidents after nearly a year of inability to provide that service
County officials are addressing the matter by forming a committee to study the issues, share ideas and come up with possible solutions
According to a statement, the school 鈥渕ade an administrative decision to suspend the paramedic associate degree program due to low enrollment鈥�
New Castle County said the overtime is high because there are not enough paramedics to handle the growing call volume
Mobile Medical Response is paying students $9 an hour to complete the classes, so long as they continue their paramedic education afterward
Austin-Travis County EMS Chief Jasper Brown said nearly 13 percent of crew positions are vacant after 52 new positions were created to reduce work hours
Crews transported 2,211 patients in one day, which exceeds the amount of patients usually transported during disaster situations
Officials said the company is restructuring to stay current with the 鈥渆ver-changing health-care marketplace鈥�
The hope is the new structure will allow for a second crew when the first crew is conducting a patient transport or answering an emergency call
AMR recruiter James Menor saw Robert Golden鈥檚 story on the news and offered him a scholarship to EMT school after graduation
The Kansas Department of Labor projects that 90 new nurses a year will be needed for the next decade just to serve the needs of north central Kansas
Less people are willing to volunteer due to the increase in training requirements in the state
Bloomington Fire Chief Brian Mohr said that although response times have improved, the increase in medical calls is taxing on the department
Lindsey Derby was a police officer and an EMT before becoming Kasson Fire and Rescue鈥檚 first female firefighter
Orlando鈥檚 union president Ronald Glass said the department should be hiring more firefighters who can also respond to medical calls instead of 25 paramedics
A review of Boston EMS found that responders are sometimes ordered to take multiple patients from separate calls to the hospital in the same ambulance
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