Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] In this study, 17 key informant experts shared their perspectives on how the emergency medical services (EMS) and community paramedicine (CP) workforces responded to COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic, 2020. Experts also described how the pandemic has affected EMS and CP. EMS responders provide 9-1-1 emergency services, while community paramedics (CPs), typically drawn from EMS personnel, provide non- emergent public health services and augment primary care services to patients in the community. [To read more, click View Resource.]
