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
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AAA, IAFC, IAFF and NAEMT write to Secretary Pete Buttigieg to restore production levels
鈥淓MS is a privilege that has been entrusted to you for safekeeping鈥�
With a decline in volunteers鈥� availability, the city is considering hiring paid EMS personnel
The agency will hire on five paid paramedics for the first time in its history
An audit of the company鈥檚 business practices highlighted the need for an HR professional
Three non-profits and a private service started by volunteer companies operate as one unit, but 鈥渢his isn鈥檛 a merger鈥�
In 2015, the department had over 2,879 EMS calls
Aging employees frequently get injured on the job; about 40 percent of the workforce is over 50 years of age
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported around 33 percent of EMTs and paramedics are female
The board considered dissolving the current agency as well as signing a contract with a paid service
Succession planning is useful to develop personnel for all levels of leadership in your EMS agency
Follow these steps to become an employer of choice and improve paramedic morale
Due to the EMT shortage, the missed, or scratch, calls rate has crept up to 5 percent or more
Appeal to our shared purpose to help people when introducing changes in clinical care
Faced with EMT shortages, an Ill. county has opened its borders for other ambulance companies to provide service
鈥淭he Paramedic鈥� reflects on stages of his career and worries that he is on the doorstep of burnout
Having an engaged, committed workforce is the best way to improve patient care
Local leaders, communities, agency leaders and the media all have a responsibility to help support emergency responders鈥� well-being through research, intervention, policy and education
The effects of sleep deprivation are akin to alcohol intoxication; build a safe sleep room and a culture of watching over tired medics
Write a compelling narrative with passion, conflict and resolution to engage grant application reviewers in your project
Some chiefs believe merging departments and increasing MABAS might be necessary if departments can鈥檛 raise funds via taxes
EMT Kyle Lathon was arrested after a fight with his partner and striking mailboxes and a transformer with the ambulance at a high speed
New starting pay rates of $15.50 and $16.80 an hour will make the jobs more attractive to applicants
The department asked officials to find $160,000 to hire paid paramedics to ensure residents have proper emergency care
Functional capacity evaluations would be done in pre-employment process and annually to reduce workers compensation claims
The unspecified behaviors, reported through self-policing from within Okaloosa County EMS, are also the subject of a criminal investigation
After ten years of the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum, its founder discusses how the challenges and opportunities faced by EMS leaders have changed 鈥� and how they haven鈥檛
The district has only one EMT staffed to run the ambulance service
During April, there were a combined 714 incidents of delays in handing over patients to staff
All personnel need appropriate access to information, forms and schedules from any device which connects to the Internet
An EMS agency, facing an applicant shortage, surveyed EMS providers to see if employee-employer compensation expectations matched
Mayor Kevin Faulconer outlined plans to improve and alleviate current 911 system issues
