Recruitment & Retention
The EMS1 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
No one wants to join a sinking ship
Colorado Springs, Sacramento and Richmond: Integrating analytics into decision-making to enhance patient outcomes, personnel support and sustainable operations
“You can’t oversee EMS medicine from behind a desk.” With a full-time medical director, providers gain a mentor, coach and advocate.
3 steps to stop staffing problem solving and start reinventing your agency
An independent report recommends making Kalispell’s EMS coordinator a full-time position and increase ambulance staffing
Current funding has left Lancaster EMS and other ambulance services struggling to recruit and retain qualified personnel
Proposed legislation and discussions take on funding, recruitment and making EMS an essential service
Coverage is sparse and transport times long in places like Pickens County
Chippewa Falls taxpayers approved exceeding a levy limit to hire more fulltime firefighter/paramedics
The graduate degree position in clinical paramedicine is meant to alleviate recruitment and retention losses
Seeing the same operating picture through the Hexagon Mobile for Public Safety software helps HEMSI optimize staffing resources
The Penn Township Ambulance Association has been successful in dealing with funding, staffing and cost-reimbursement problems
Funding and staffing were the main items discussed by EMS stakeholders
Division Chief of EMS, Shaun Ford, shares how to be the leader you always wanted to work with
Get better every shift with stress management and leadership insights from Aaron Zamzow and Janelle Foskett
Traverse City voters will consider a property tax increase that would increase staffing and help purchase more ambulances
Cumberland County first responders are facing increasing calls with a limited number of personnel
Adopting programs to improve EMS service delivery and agency culture
LEAD allows LAPD applicants to work in EMS while pursuing a career in law enforcement
Collective bargaining is being promoted as a recruitment, retention benefit for Portsmouth
A gameshow style session interviewing prospective EMS employers provided insights into EMS success and intergenerational relationships
Finding the opportunity in perception discrepancies, underutilized wellness programs and leadership shortfalls
Shortage of EMS personnel across the country is highlighted by Olmsted County Fair organizers trying to find EMTs
Pulaski County Fiscal Court officials faced calls for increased pay in order to improve morale and retain EMS personnel
Clark County officials changed the map and awarded Community Ambulance territory from its competitors based on response time benchmarks
The Spokane Fire Department is changing the geographical area where paramedics are assigned
3,100 paramedics weigh in on reducing stress, staffing challenges and leadership shortfalls
AMR begins a new dispatching protocol in Clark County to deal with a paramedic shortage
Calhoun County EMS continues operations despite voters rejecting a bid to make EMS an essential service
The Uniformed EMS Officers Union says the “Supervising Emergency Medical Service Specialist” position carries lieutenant responsibilities with less pay
Tenn. school hopes $22M investment improves county EMS staffing
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