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Why Isn’t EMS Essential? Growing Amount of States Look to Change That (from JEMS)

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Sep 15
5 min

Why Isn’t EMS Essential? Growing Amount of States Look to Change That (from JEMS)

Experts say the momentum might be driven by the pandemic, a decline in volunteerism and the rural health care shortage. By Tribune...

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WATCH: Rural shortages lead to worsened ambulance deserts and delayed medical care (PBS News)

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Aug 18
1 min

WATCH: Rural shortages lead to worsened ambulance deserts and delayed medical care (PBS News)

One of the many concerns that drives the push for essential status is equitable care for all who need an ambulance, regardless of their...

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Jun 2, 2022
1 min

Emergency Medical Services: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Watch John Oliver explain the current state of EMS and how we got here, including the fight to make EMS essential. CONTENT WARNING: This...

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Jun 2, 2022
1 min

'We Won’t Let Him Die in Our Ambulance.' A Day With a Paramedic Facing the Coronavirus Pandemic

Read the TIME Magazine feature on IAEP Local 20 President Alanna Badgley by clicking the image below.

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