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Healthcare Headlines airs every Thursday at 7:45 AM on 88.1 WVPE with support from Greencroft Middlebury.

Healthcare Headlines: State officials tackle shortage of EMTs and paramedics through training grants

Student in Ivy Tech Bloomington's EMT course practices checking blood pressure with their instructor.
WTIU News/Bente Bouthier
Student in Ivy Tech Bloomington's EMT course practices checking blood pressure with their instructor.

Ambulance run volume increased from approximately 750,000 a year in 2018
to 1.2 million runs a year by 2022, according to the state EMS workforce shortage 2022 report. Bente Bouthier has the story about what officials are doing to tackle the shortage of EMT's.