AJ+ | No Hospitals, No Ambulances: Inside America’s 911 Crisis
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 us as we travel to the Mississippi River Delta to see how EMS crews are coping with a collapsing health care system.
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 us as we travel to the Mississippi River Delta to see how EMS crews are coping with a collapsing health care system.
YT Chapters
- 00:00 – Pregnant And Dying, With No Hospital
- 03:22 – Paramedics Are Delivering Babies In Ambulances
- 06:04 – Why Is EMS Not Considered An Essential Service?
- 07:57 – Why EMS Workers Are Wearing Bulletproof Vests
- 10:05 – Why Hospitals Are Closing In Rural America
- 12:07 – What Needs To Change In Mississippi?