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
Guests Ed Racht and Rhonda Kelly talk wellness in this episode of Inside EMS
Six different career ladders with compensation and rank based on experience, higher education and specialized training improves retention
Paramedics: don’t settle for a living wage. Instead, be audacious and demand a thriving wage for your lifesaving career of community service
Reframing emergencies, and what constitutes a “good” call is essential to preventing paramedic disillusionment
The search for Decatur’s new agency has been narrowed down to RuralMed EMS, Lakeside EMS, Echo Response EMS and Abbott/AMR EMS
City administrators in Miami County are concerned about increased staffing and cost issues in EMS and fire operations
Our co-hosts are joined by the executive director to discuss what systems will look like in the future, and how we should think about the role of providers
The program was launched this month and employs officers who transitioned from correctional duties to assist on ambulance calls as needed
Cheshire County broke ground on a base-of-operations in May, and an official said the ambulance service will employ between 30 and 35 people
Honolulu EMS has 26 job openings and has been struggling with retention
From equipment hacks to patient care tips and interview coaching for new recruits, these providers are educating others on the popular social media app
The American Ambulance Association has been working to secure a grant program to help EMS agencies hire and retain paramedics and EMTs
Glynn County needs at least 37 firefighters and EMS providers per shift, said Chief R.K. Jordan. “With 31 people per shift right now, that’s six overtime shifts a day”
They are certainly worth saving, but EMS needs to stop sounding the alarm and look for internal solutions
In this crossover episode, hosts Rob Lawrence and Chris Cebollero are joined by Bruce Evans, president of NAEMT, to speculate on what’s coming next for the industry
Steve Grau; Brett Lyle; Scott Moore, JD, MBA; and Mike Poynter share strategies to compete for caregivers in a post-pandemic world
The group of medics, EMTs and nurses said that making Grady EMS a more appealing workplace would help with retention and call response
EMTs will get $1,500 each and paramedics will get $4,500; NOPD officers will receive $5,000 for every five years they have served and can get other bonuses
Australia EMS medics join the podcast to discuss their efforts to fill U.S. positions with their paramedic surplus
“Some towns saw a drop of half of their voluntary EMTs,” said Betsy Gara, president of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
In response to low staffing, the Wilson County Emergency Management Agency will provide training
The governor’s new order may help with staffing and retention, said Fairmount Fire Protection Chief Alan Fletcher
Community Care Ambulance can only transfer patients with heart conditions to Cleveland, leading to a “devastating impact on patients” a labor representative said
The AJPlus video covers issues such as funding, dangers paramedics and EMTs face, response times and lengthening travel times to hospitals
Apply these hiring, management and operational strategies from Walt Disney World to improve the EMS experience for patients and providers
With staffing and vehicle issues, now only 10 of the city’s 12 ambulances can run “on a good day,” according to an employee
Eric Wisher, president of Troy Uniform Firefighters Association Local 86, suggests the city lower the requirement to an EMT certification
How my first agency took a young, under-confident, naïve paramedic and made me a clinician
The public shouldn’t have to roll the dice about their emergency services, wondering who’s going to show up
The organizations seek to collect and analyze ambulance industry employee turnover information to produce a report that provides useful, actionable data
$4 million is budgeted for a new station, which is scheduled to be completed by October
Those with an active fire and EMT certification can receive $2,500, and those with a fire-paramedic certification can receive $3,000
