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
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.
The EMS Leadership Academy highlights the urgent need to address funding, career pathways and wellness support
EMTs and paramedics in an unofficial picket call for changes to working conditions
An independent study recommends the Santa Fe Fire Department add more ambulances, placing them at specific firehouses for increased demand
Bloomington’s new policy removes the paramedic licensing requirement to help increase the applicant pool
Carroll County’s new combination department is continuing to grow and is on track to have career staff at seven remaining fire stations
House Bill 404 ensures the the Department of Health considers a veteran’s training related to emergency medical services
Knox County officials received an independent review of their current EMS as current contracted service is set to expire
“As a volunteer agency, I want to make sure when someone calls 911 in our district, that our ambulances are ready to roll out the door when the tones go off.”
A 15-month pilot program in Clark County will have basic, advanced EMT training with an $800 biweekly stipend
Chester County commissioners approved a property tax rebate for members of fire and EMS departments
Niagara County officials are moving closer to having a supplemental service up and running
Altura Ambulance Director Jessica Romine told local leaders the service could lose its license due to staffing problems
Pa. EMS officials, legislators call for sustainable funding as departments work with increasing demands and difficulties
Is building a new kind of clinician merely a Herculean task or a fully Sisyphean one?
A guide to enhancing workforce conditions, improving quality of care and shaping the future of the industry
Honolulu Emergency Services is seeing an increase of COVID-19 cases in the department
A majority of EMS1 respondents are split between two shift options – do you agree?
Revenue from the levy will help the Northwest Ambulance District hire six more EMS personnel
Fort Worth-based MedStar has not recieved city funding since 2010, but retention costs for providers have risen since the pandemic, spokesman Matt Zavadsky said
Experienced paramedics will now start at $27.59 an hour, as opposed to the training wage of $16 an hour
A staffing shortage in Orangeburg County led to a three-year contract with MedTrust Medical Transport for additional EMS coverage
A spokesperson for MedStar said costs to retain staff since the COVID-19 pandemic have eaten into their reserve fund
The East Valley Institute of Technology and Superstition Fire & Medical District partner to help small communities hire trained applicants
13 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws making EMS an essential service
The “EMS WV: Answer the Call” campaign launched last year saw an increase in EMTs, advanced EMTs and paramedics
Moshannon Valley EMS sees an increase in EMS jobs and service with their new training facility in Centre County
Bettendorf High School students apprentice as vehicle service technicians before gaining national registry certification and work as an EMT
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
