'Emergency Medical Services (EMS) like ambulances and hospitals are in crisis in rural America. EMS is not considered an essential service in the same way that fire and police departments are, and so they don’t receive the same funding. Paramedics and EMTs often make half the salary that nurses do. Join AJ+ as they travel to the Mississippi River Delta to see how EMS crews are coping with a collapsing health care system.'
Published on July 09, 2022 07:40