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Poll Call: What is your biggest COVID-19 EMS-related concern?
Faced with unprecedented challenges, EMS1 members share what they worry about most on the job
Luxury NYC restaurant reopens to make meals for first responders
The three Michelin-starred restaurant, closed to the public due to COVID-19, has converted into a commissary kitchen producing 2,000 meals a day
911 dispatchers hand out free meals to truck drivers
The dispatchers gave out prepackaged meals at a weigh station to thank the truckers for delivering supplies across the country amidst the…
Roundtable: Should EMS providers be given hazard pay during the COVID-19 pandemic?
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Tracking the coronavirus-related deaths of EMTs and paramedics
Nobody’s here: How to stem the impending public safety staffing crisis
Two options include work-from-home dispatchers and using data to drive staffing decisions