Special: Requiem for EMS Week
Happy EMS Week! We got together to discuss our worst EMS Week gifts, why night shift never gets any fresh food, and why we should change EMS Week to better work for our profession!
Enjoy your week, as long as you’re on day shift and not off until Thursday….
All kidding aside, here’s some sobering statistics on our profession:
Bureau of Labor Statistics on EMS professional wages:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/ocwage_05012009.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/emts-and-paramedics.htm#tab-5
EMSWorld article on injuries in EMS:
https://www.emsworld.com/article/220174/ems-injuries-are-predictable-and-preventable
Study on fatalities in EMS:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12447340/
American Ambulance Association study on EMS turnover:
