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
Do you want someone that is tired and angry on the front lines representing your department?
Esteemed fire chief and EMS lieutenant share lessons learned from community paramedicine program
EMS educator proposes a system that includes recognition for certified and degreed paramedics alike to overcome staffing crisis
Here’s how EMS organizations can better prepare and mentor those promoted into supervisory or management roles
First 911 call placed and received in Haleyville, Ala. on Feb. 16, 1968; marketing and education opportunity ever since
Volunteerism - though noble - hides and skews the real cost of providing EMS in low-volume environments
Exceptional, effective communication is essential to successful EMS leadership
Without new volunteers stepping forward, the Lakota Ambulance Service may have to close its doors
The agreement involves working longer hours per day and is designed to help alleviate staff shortages; more details are expected soon
Anchorage is moving more medics to the busiest service areas areas at peak hours to address complaints that staff are overworked
Troubled dispatch technology, staff shortages, lack of ambulances and increased call volume weighing on the system
In order to effectively recruit and retain new volunteers from the millennial generation, we must engage their sense of altruism
EMS must either master all of health care, or carve a niche to gain professional recognition and financial stability
Lawmakers passed a three-year pilot program that includes giving a $500 annual stipend to volunteer recruits in 14 counties
Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White says more money is needed to add ambulances and staff
Retirement is great; retirement with pain and disability is not — here’s how to stay healthier and happier
A pilot project would convert shifts from 12 to eight hours with the aim to eliminate double shifts
The director is looking to add two 12-hour shift positions to keep pace with increased call volume
A 15 percent vacancy rate is forcing medics to pull doubles to cover shifts
Videos of technical rescues, tactical medics, and raging fires overshadow the realistic expectations of our profession
The bill, which has entered the House, would create a pilot program to give volunteer responders an annual $500 grant to attract more recruits
Whether you own one ambulance or 1,000, EMS agencies should aim for high quality while using the least amount of resources
New evidence shows special recruitment workshops were organized for relatives of department members
Sixty percent of the state’s approximately 200 rural ambulance services are volunteers, and the population is aging with few recruits
Cloning your best customers — and using their language — is a great way to land new customers
To get positive coverage of your events, think local — don’t dismiss the church bulletin and community papers
County officials have been preparing a back-up ambulance plan to serve the county’s 1.8 million residents
In their continued effort to ensure there are enough people to respond to local emergencies, EMT courses are being offered
Like a good pick-up line, introductions should be memorable
Fictitious and sometimes unrealistic, the crew from Emergency! raised the bar for EMS and the fire service
The ownership for the students’ education falls on our shoulders if we don’t progress beyond the lecture
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