Roundtable: Should EMS providers be given hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic?
April 2, 2020
Leaders sound off on hazard pay and the bigger picture needed to support providers and sustain EMS
Take action: Tell Congress what EMS needs to battle COVID-19
April 2, 2020
NAEMT President Matt Zavadsky: Keep the pressure on Congress to ensure EMS personnel are covered in all applicable COVID-19 provisions
Lead from the front lines: Care for our caregivers
April 2, 2020
How to recognize signs of stress in personnel and offer support during the COVID-19 crisis
Regional ambulance service says it will still respond to town that suspended EMS
April 2, 2020
Med-Care Ambulance employees said they will continue to serve the community without town assistance despite disagreeing with the town's decision
Seattle books entire hotel for first responder quarantine and isolation
April 2, 2020
The city will spend at least $2.8 million to book the entire 155-room hotel for three months
Minn. bill would allow presumption of work-related COVID-19
April 2, 2020
First responders in the state are urging lawmakers to pass the bill in order to ease the path to workers' compensation
FDNY EMS ordered not to transport cardiac arrest patients that can’t be resuscitated in field
April 2, 2020
EMS providers will be required to comply with the binding order, as hospital and ambulance resources are overstretched due to COVID-19
COVID-19: EMS deaths
April 1, 2020
Tracking the coronavirus-related deaths of EMTs and paramedics
Nobody’s here: How to stem the impending public safety staffing crisis
April 1, 2020
Two options include work-from-home dispatchers and using data to drive staffing decisions
Union head: FDNY to enact ‘doomsday scenario’ to help EMS
April 1, 2020
Hundreds of medically trained firefighters will be called to assist EMS with COVID-19 calls