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Close this content Fox News EMS worker shortage at 'crisis' levels, threatening 911 system
faux news via yahoo ^ | 10/9/2021 | Breck Dumas

Posted on 10/09/2021 1:17:53 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Breck Dumas Fri, October 8, 2021, 9:02 PM·2 min read Emergency medical service providers across the U.S. are sounding the alarm that the shortage of medical workers has hit "crisis" levels in many areas, warning Congress that the problem is getting to the point that it is threatening the 911 system.

The American Ambulance Association sent a letter to House and Senate leadership saying the "nation's EMS system is facing a crippling workforce shortage, 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."

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ems; mandate; persondate

1 posted on 10/09/2021 1:17:53 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19
Work? Sheet. Ain't nobody gots time foh dat booschit.

2 posted on 10/09/2021 1:22:53 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Also BREAKING: Thousands of EMS workers who refuse vaxx are fired.

Hundreds want exemption in DC only: https://wtop.com/dc/2021/09/hundreds-of-dc-fire-and-ems-workers-file-for-covid-vaccination-exemption/


3 posted on 10/09/2021 1:32:44 AM PDT by ReaganGeneration2 (Widespread belief in asymptomatic spread of a low-risk virus hastened the end of the West by 100 yrs)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

Great job killer this mandate is


4 posted on 10/09/2021 1:34:07 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: SaveFerris

I actually had someone post back to me… aw the 2 percent who refuse and get fired are nothing in a large system. I posted back.. um.. prns are working close to full time with all sorts of incentive pay for everyone.
I moved from a large system with a mandate taking a 20 percent pay cut. 2 percent matters. The Lord provides… hubbies new job made up the difference and then some. But it was tough.


5 posted on 10/09/2021 1:49:02 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with.)
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To: momincombatboots

I may need to switch too

Sigh 😔

Prayers appreciated


6 posted on 10/09/2021 1:51:17 AM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: RomanSoldier19

>> What can it be?

The cult

All you in the medical community know that I’m... right

;)


7 posted on 10/09/2021 1:53:37 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: ReaganGeneration2

All in the plan


8 posted on 10/09/2021 2:51:46 AM PDT by ronnie raygun (Always look behind the curtain)
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To: RomanSoldier19

9 posted on 10/09/2021 3:55:49 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: RomanSoldier19

ems shortage is not caused by vaccine mandates, small percentage at most (and every bit helps), the real killer is the stupidly low pay at many of the private ambulance services.

My son works in EMS and has been putting in 90-110/hrs per week for the last two years, at $15/hr (1.5X for OT, but he puts in the hours with 2 different services so not much of it is actually OT).

These companies are basically scammers, have a fleet of unsafe trucks, pay the same as someone working at McDonalds or baggin groceries, and then bill medicare and insurance companies as much as they can, and the owners are pocketing the profits - all while complaining that they can’t hire enough people.


10 posted on 10/09/2021 4:08:19 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: RomanSoldier19

My paramedic-firefighter brother in the State of Washington will retire rather than get a COVID-19 vaccine.

My mom offered to take his wife to NYC to see some Broadway shows. His wife turned down the offer because she would be required to get the jab


11 posted on 10/09/2021 4:12:40 AM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: qwerty1234

He should get trained to be a para-medic could triple his pay, get hired as a firefighter, go through that training and make $80+K per year plus overtime and great benefits


12 posted on 10/09/2021 4:16:55 AM PDT by WASCWatch ( WASC)
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To: qwerty1234

Past time for that pay scale to be raised.


13 posted on 10/09/2021 4:17:42 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: RomanSoldier19

My recent 9 years of EMS experience (in a blue city), reflects this. Covid, then Biden’s unemployment bonanza.


14 posted on 10/09/2021 4:18:09 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: WASCWatch

That’s what I did.

Detroit Fire/EMS.

Retired now.

Cities and Counties pay, they need reliable service.

Private Ambulance Service try to get away with as much as possible.


15 posted on 10/09/2021 4:19:26 AM PDT by David Chase
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To: WASCWatch

>>He should get trained to be a para-medic could triple his pay, get hired as a firefighter, go through that training and make $80+K per year plus overtime and great benefits

Very true, and a government run service would have better pay and benefits; in his case he is off to med school next fall, so this is all great experience for him - but how these companies expect young folks (they are mostly young) to show up in the middle of the night in some crime ridden hell-hole, wearing a bullet-proof vest so he doesn’t get shot for $15/hr is beyond me.


16 posted on 10/09/2021 4:25:09 AM PDT by qwerty1234
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To: RomanSoldier19
Meanwhile...

Attorney: COVID vaccines given to family, including small kids, instead of flu shots

17 posted on 10/09/2021 4:35:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: RomanSoldier19

Easy Fix:

This crisis was created by Government employee’s, NO Public Employee’s shall receive any EMERGENCY TREATMENT in our Hospital.

When they start DYING in the parking lot, things will change


18 posted on 10/09/2021 7:33:41 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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