"We pay the providers to go to school, and then when they complete school, they're full time employees for us," said Scott Karaszewski, Chief EMS ... last week, Regional Director for AMR WNY ...

allowing AMR to staff ambulances with one paramedic and one EMT instead of the currently mandated two-paramedic model. However, Multnomah County leadership, including Vega Pederson and EMS medical ...