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Wave 2024 Recap: Top 6 Key Topics in EMS & Fire Industries

ESO

Recent EMS staffing and resource shortages have necessitated rapid dispatch prioritization beyond the Emergency Medical Dispatch’s (EMD) intended scope.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

JEMS

He has 33 years of EMS experience, beginning in the early 1990s, having been certified at various times as a an EMT, an EMT-I, a critical care technician and a paramedic. This was called Critical Care Technician. In the EMD (emergency medical dispatch) world, they often count as BLS.” Reference 1.

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