Adolescents ages 12 to 17 were the only age group with a significantly increasing trend in opioid overdoses both before the pandemic (2.8 per month, 95% CI 1.4-4.2) and during the pandemic (1.6 ...

The pandemic, however, has aggravated trends that had been building for some time. As EMS usage spiked while COVID-19 spread, staff was stretched thin as the virus ravaged many communities, large ...

Jonathan Studnek, the deputy director of that county’s EMS agency, Medic, said the pandemic brought on the worst vacancy rates he’d seen in his 15 years there.

A lack of EMS volunteers post pandemic has left medical centers looking to fill the gap. Posted . NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (WKBW) — "Got involved 30 years ago," said Jonathan Schultz, Fire ...

Assigned to the four-star post in May 2019, Bonsignore, 53, led the city’s 4,640 EMS members during the COVID pandemic, unrest over the murder of George Floyd and the death of EMS Lt. Alison ...

Three new bills in support of statewide EMS providers were passed in the recent legislative session which should provide them ...

A: EMS workers are bearing the brunt of the pandemic response. With schools reopening once again, it is really starting to appear right now like it is an unmitigated disaster.

Another symptom of the pandemic appeared to be a jump in working fires kindled in the city. Fire-EMS extinguished 71 blazes last year. That is the highest number seen since 2016, when 72 working ...

Delays in testing due to the COVID-19 pandemic meant many EMS workers are too old to make the cutoff. A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC. Listen Live. Donate News. NYC considers raising age ...

The partnership between San Diego Fire-Rescue and private EMS provider Falck has enabled SD to overcome staffing shortages created during the pandemic and meet response-time goals more effectively.

Emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for youth opioid overdoses were rising before the COVID-19 pandemic, increased during its onset, and then flattened out, but remained higher than ...