Trends in demographic and employment characteristics of US emergency medical technicians and paramedics, 2011-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Describing the US emergency medical services workforce is important to understand gaps in recruitment and retention and inform efforts to improve diversity. Our objective was to describe the characteristics and temporal trends of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics in the United States.

Methods

We performed a repeated cross-sectional evaluation of US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 1-year Public Use Microdata Sample data sets from 2011-2019. We included respondents working as an EMT or paramedic. Survey-weighted descriptive statistics of demographic and employment characteristics were calculated. Trend analysis was conducted using joinpoint regression to estimate slope and annual percent change (APC).

Results

The total estimated nu

SUBMITTER: Cash RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262352 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature