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 | | | | News Feature | | EMS leaders propose changing number of paramedics on Austin ambulances |  | | Since the mid-'90s, residents of Austin and Travis County could always count on seeing two paramedics showing up on an ambulance during an emergency. That could soon be changing if Emergency Medical Services brass get their way when they pitch a proposal to the Austin City Council in mid-February. Officials are proposing to do away with one of the two paramedics currently on ambulances and add a basic EMT. Paramedics difficult to find | | | | | News Analysis:
Sizing up staffing models on ambulances | |  | | By Art Hsieh, EMS1 Editorial Advisor
The Austin EMS system has had a solid reputation as an excellent service provider — but still faces the same challenges as all systems. It seems that many EMS providers have converted their "dual paramedic" ambulance configuration to a "1+1" staffing model. EMS systems such as the one in Boston deploy such a system, where dual paramedic units support many more EMT-staffed units. 4 reasons for "1+1" | | | | | | | |
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