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.
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.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/8bb39ea/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1200x800+0+0/resize/880x587!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9a%2F14%2Fc09253b1475ca697e57958b5d0eb%2Femstraining.jpg)
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