Welcome to Louisiana: NAEMT President-elect Susan Bailey on rural EMS, pandemic challenges

Published: May 28, 2021, 2:23 p.m.

With Chris Cebollero still out on vacation, co-host Kelly Grayson takes guest host Rob Lawrence and listeners home to Louisiana to meet and chat with state EMS director and president-elect of NAEMT, Susan Bailey. They discuss Bailey's current position, how Louisiana is credentialed, and\xa0the perseverance of state providers who have risen to both the challenges of the pandemic and a number of natural, weather-related events.\xa0\n\nThe group also discusses the current challenges to delivering EMS in a rural setting and the issues that are making industry news in terms of rural, finance, staffing and viability.