Recruitment & Retention
The SA国际传媒 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
Avoid these mistakes to onboard EMTs who will thrive in EMS, and give their all to your agency
EMS Chief Peggy Fonseca was fired due to budget overages and personally responding to calls
Get the facts on paramedic careers 鈥� from training and licensing to job opportunities and salary ranges
Reframing emergencies, and what constitutes a 鈥済ood鈥� call is essential to preventing paramedic disillusionment
The search for Decatur鈥檚 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. 鈥淲ith 31 people per shift right now, that鈥檚 six overtime shifts a day鈥�
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鈥檚 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
鈥淪ome towns saw a drop of half of their voluntary EMTs,鈥� 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鈥檚 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 鈥渄evastating impact on patients鈥� 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鈥檚 12 ambulances can run 鈥渙n a good day,鈥� 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, na茂ve paramedic and made me a clinician
The public shouldn鈥檛 have to roll the dice about their emergency services, wondering who鈥檚 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
MOST POPULAR
- The fault lines of EMS are shifting
- Pa. launches $1M tuition reimbursement program for EMTs, paramedics
- N.Y. officials give 10% tax break to volunteer fire, EMS personnel
- EMS volunteer recruitment and retention: 6 ways a volunteer EMS agency is getting it done
- Fire recruit, son of LAFD medic, killed assisting at crash