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City’s Freedom House EMT program ensures trainees succeed while easing service staffing shortages

When Pittsburgh Chief of Emergency Medical Services Amera Gilchrist assumed her position in May 2023 her staff included just 14 emergency medical technicians. Today she has 34, and the increase includes 15 Pittsburgh EMS Freedom House EMT Training Academy graduates. The new program started last year, and both cohorts had a 100% completion rate, according to […]