The Non-Infected Pandemic

Paramedics are paying the price

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Emergency Medical Services are stretched thin. The 9–1–1 calls aren’t waiting, though a brief dip in emergency calls did occur for the first few weeks of this pandemic. Transfers between medical facilities are on the rise, and the time it takes an ambulance crew to complete a call has increased. All due to COVID-19 and the plethora of mitigation measures.