COVID-19 takes EMS worker shortage to 'crisis level’: American ambulance association president
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American Ambulance Association president Shawn Baird warned that the coronavirus pandemic took the shortage of emergency medical services workers to a “crisis level.”
"We’ve seen a tremendous amount of workforce attrition and schools had shut down paramedic training institutions and stopped graduating new students for the last year so we’re suddenly in a severe shortfall."
The American Ambulance Association sent a letter to House and Senate leadership saying the "nation's EMS system is facing a crippling workforce shortage," also explaining that it was "a long-term problem that has been building for more than a decade."
"It threatens to undermine our emergency 9-1-1 infrastructure and deserves urgent attention by the Congress," the letter continued.
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