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
3 steps to stop staffing problem solving and start reinventing your agency
Seeing the same operating picture through the Hexagon Mobile for Public Safety software helps HEMSI optimize staffing resources
Starting paramedic pay for paramedics is just below $13 per hour, well below other Tampa-area agencies
When EMS leaders can inform, interact, collaborate and inspire “a solution shared is a problem halved”
Kern County plans to move to the second level of its surge plan, a move which stops ambulances from responding to “low acuity”
Sedgwick County Commissioner Jim Howell suggested $2,500 may not be enough to attract paramedics, given the competition with other regional EMS providers
The governor said 808 nurses, three certified registered nurse anesthetists, 22 nurse practitioners, 193 respiratory therapist and 20 paramedics will be deployed to 50 hospitals across the state
The towns of Cape Vincent and Lyme will consolidate EMS services in an effort to reduce response times and fully staff rigs
The vaccine requirement applies to salaried and volunteer responders in Skagit County fire districts
There is increased worry among behavioral health agencies and paramedics that the vaccine mandate will add to long-standing staffing shortage
Glynn County Fire Chief R.K. Jordan said the call volume is about 23 percent above normal so far in August, a month that has seen a rise locally, statewide and nationally in COVID-19 cases
EMTs, certified paramedics and advanced emergency medical technicians can help care for patients, acting under medical direction, while not on duty with a licensed EMS agency
Volusia County EMS is down 21 paramedics from the beginning of the year, and is offering up to $5,000 recruitment and retention bonuses
Bryan Bledsoe: “EMS must be fixed with bulldozers not tweezers”
“This has been a problem that’s been brewing for several years and the pandemic kind of accelerated it,” said Monroe Community Ambulance CEO Ron Slagell
Jay Fitch delivered an inspiring and thought-provoking keynote address to EMS leaders on how to future-ready their organization
Medics are preparing to treat some patients at home rather than transport them to hospitals
To free up more providers, some parishes will begin prioritizing calls and initially dispatch an EMT, sending a paramedic only if needed
Leaders share staff support and retention ideas they implemented to support providers during call surges
After successfully completing the program and obtaining their state certification, participants will be promoted to EMT-B with a pay increase
Amid case surges, fire department medics will be authorized temporarily to transport patients suffering heart attacks and other related symptoms
“We are simply overrun with calls,” Rich Langford, president of the Baltimore City Fire Local 734 union said
The Charlotte, N.C. agency is implementing a deadline for all employees to get the vaccine or submit religious or medical exemptions
As the Delta variant increases COVID-19 numbers, more children are requiring hospitalization than during the 2020 surge
A pair of “Humans of New York” posts featured an EMS provider sharing how he connects with patients, while also describing the industry’s struggles
Onslow County EMS is implementing a mask mandate as well as daily COVID-19 testing as outages impact staffing
HBO host uses biting humor to explain “wildly different” EMS systems, surprise billing and poor pay for EMS providers
Adam Paluka, deputy chief, said EMSA has implemented bonuses, outreach, accessibility to combat staffing shortages
Two of the four paramedics who responded to a shooting death by federal authorities were initially “prevented” from being interviewed, union leaders said
In one case study, the talent acquisition platform helped an EMS provider reduce shift vacancies and recruit more qualified EMS personnel
First Response owner David Childers said Decatur Morgan Hospital is not part of the city’s traditional ambulance service agreement, and accused the hospital of stealing his employees
Rob Lawrence and Scott Moore on how to retain EMS staff through the first year
