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Gathering of Eagles Meeting April 26, 2022: Addiction Stabilization Units; Serious Medic Staffing Shortages; Innovative Social Worker Project
The “Gathering of Eagles” group of EMS medical directors from the world's prominent metropolitan systems hosts weekly calls facilitated by Dr. Paul Pepe covering the latest issues of impact to the EMS community. EMS World has been given exclusive access and approval to publish these discussions as a service to our readers.
In this week’s episode, Kenneth Scheppke checks in on addiction stabilization efforts in Florida; several EMS medical directors discuss serious shortages of paramedics in their jurisdictions; Fionna Moore updates the group on COVID effects in the UK; Marc Eckstein of Tele911 describes a new project in which social workers follow up with treatment-in-place patients; and more.