'Budget Issues? Let’s Cut Education and Training.' — No, Wait!

In difficult economic times, what often gets cut in an EMS budget are the less “tangible” things that do not “generate revenue” or are not “essential” to providing our service—like education and training. But wait! There is a tremendous downside, potential liability, and short sightedness in that approach.

We need to keep our educational programs in place and even expand them. We learned from the pandemic that the shutdown of EMS training programs helped drive today’s staffing shortages, the lack of proper onboarding fueled patient complaints and negligence claims, and EMS agencies that stopped providing leadership and supervisory training saw an increase in workplace satisfaction concerns.

In this thought-provoking session we will discuss how developing a solid educational program across the board is truly “essential” to your EMS agency’s ability to thrive into the future—from both the short-term and long-term perspective.

CE credits offered. Join us!