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Documentary on the Life and Legacy of James O. Page Will Inform and Inspire

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The… EMS Training News News Feed Georgia Headlines Baltimore to Downgrade Some ALS Units as Staffing Shortages Persist The Baltimore City Fire Department is preparing to downgrade four Advanced Life Support (ALS) units to Basic Life Support (BLS) starting next month.

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Falck Launches in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex

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The company will provide advanced life support, critical care transport, and 911 emergency response—delivering timely, expert care with professionalism and compassion. Falck Southwest begins operations in Fort Worth and plans to rapidly expand its presence across the broader DFW area.

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AmeriPro Health Bolsters Mississippi Presence with New Emergency Services Agreement in George County

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AmeriPro will provide two advanced life support (ALS) ambulance trucks 24 hours a day, and a full suite of advanced technology and equipment, including state-of-the-art cardiac monitoring, LUCAS devices capable of delivering automated chest compressions during a cardiac arrest, ZOLL ventilators, and other high-tech patient care tools.

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Lifesaving Whole Blood Program Begins in CO

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The… EMS Training News News Feed Georgia Headlines Baltimore to Downgrade Some ALS Units as Staffing Shortages Persist The Baltimore City Fire Department is preparing to downgrade four Advanced Life Support (ALS) units to Basic Life Support (BLS) starting next month.

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Simulation Training as a Strategy for Workforce Retention in EMS

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1 The author’s employer, a Michigan-based life support agency, further represents clinician shortages, experiencing only a 70% retention rate of EMTs and a 77% retention rate of paramedics. 2 Life support agency executives must overcome these challenges through the implementation of a strong retention plan.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

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Enter the Advanced EMT Actually, it’s more complicated. A Team-Based ALS Approach And then again, some agencies take a completely different approach and assign advanced EMTs exclusively to work with a paramedic in the ALS ambulance whenever possible. It’s pretty simple, right?

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Baltimore to Downgrade Some ALS Units as Staffing Shortages Persist

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The ALS units, staffed by paramedics, are being downgraded as part of strategy to address chronic staffing shortages and ballooning overtime costs.

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