While businesses across every industry are in dire need of workers, the paramedic workforce is especially thin right now.
Spirit EMS in Greenville has struggled due to the shortage but got creative with finding a solution. That sent the company to another continent to find the employees it needs.
After partnering with an EMS recruiting firm, three Aussies are now Greenville residents, moving around the world to help address the emergency workforce shortage.
“You have numerous facilities that are waiting 6, 8, 10, 12 hours to move patients to more definitive care. With the addition of these three it will allow us to deliver more endless care to other outlying facilities we might not have been able to help or reach,” said Brian Brown, Spirit EMS operations manager.