About 80 percent of the district’s spending goes toward the pay of firefighters, EMTs and other staff, and those labor contracts routinely increase at the rate of inflation.

Source: https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/editorial-local-governments-need-fair-boost-of-their-tax-cap/

A nationwide shortage of ambulance chassis is leaving EMTs constantly worried about breaking down on the way to an emergency or with a patient in back, when seconds often can mean the difference between life or death.

Source: https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/nation-world/scripps-news-investigates-the-deadly-toll-of-a-us-ambulance-shortage/video_ba78a741-bfa1-52aa-a112-8d8161c3edf2.html

By 2035, the shortfall will reach 490 EMTs, with supply meeting only 69% of demand.

Source: https://talkbusiness.net/2023/01/aha-study-state-short-of-nurses-other-professions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=aha-study-state-short-of-nurses-other-professions

EMTs included Lindsey and Kelly, former students of mine, and my wife’s co-worker Tracy.

Source: https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2023/01/for-damar-hamlin-it-was-emergency-medical-professionals-that-saved-his-life-for-me-it-was-my-neighbors/

Even more so, I am very happy to be working as EMS medical director to the paramedics with Manitowoc Fire and EMTs with Seymour Rescue.”

Source: https://news.wisc.edu/health-care-on-the-home-front-uw-grads-remain-in-the-state-to-keep-wisconsin-well/

Hey, I’m all for not paying student EMTs, but name-calling is taking it one step too far.

Source: https://thehoya.com/brendans-opinion-five-ways-the-university-can-appreciate-germs-without-breaking-the-bank/

Not surprisingly, this converted into a relatively high rate of currently open positions, especially for EMTs and paramedics at EMS agencies around the country.”

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/04/02/southern-california-has-a-paramedic-shortage-whats-being-done-about-it/

Police officers, EMTs, firefighters: the heroic first responders who rush to the scene of accidents and emergencies to save lives, render aid and comfort victims.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2023/05/08/the-unsung-heroes-of-emergency-storm-response/

Some teams include a police officer, but Treatment Not Trauma teams would only have EMTs, nurses and social workers.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2023/4/12/23680298/5-of-chicago-mayor-elect-brandon-johnsons-public-safety-promises-obstacles

The EMTs will undergo important skills training to improve their CPR skills, enhance their patient evacuation skills from the scene of an accident or injury, and to teach life saving techniques before getting the patient to the hospital.

Source: https://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/caribbean-news/st-kitts-and-nevis-celebrates-emergency-medical-services-week-with-engaging-educational-sessions/

The response by EMTs at the scene and the apparent lack of urgency with which they treated Nichols have prompted an investigation by the city fire department.

Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/alexalee1/tyre-nichols-emt-investigation-alex-murdaugh-the-last-of-us

The special service area tax is expected to generate approximately a quarter of a million dollars to be used almost exclusively for salaries of EMTs and paramedics for the service.

Source: https://wlds.com/winchester-ems-bid-accepted-for-special-service-area/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=winchester-ems-bid-accepted-for-special-service-area

The two fire department EMTs arrive with bags, which they place on the ground; their driver remains in the vehicle, the department said.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/how-did-memphis-medical-workers-respond-to-tyre-nichols-after-police-beating/article_09aaf9ca-f63d-50ae-9c27-c0f787fd9473.html

When the kid tried to run, deputies handcuffed him and EMTs sedated him.

Source: https://www.propublica.org/article/police-intervene-foster-kids-in-crisis-new-mexico-homeless-shelters

Winter said they rolled the man over, saw he was shot in his side, and his daughter Mary stopped the bleeding on the man while they waited for the EMTs and police.

Source: https://bellevilleareaindependent.com/police-investigate-belleville-shooting/