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Facts: 2006 JEMS Salary & Workplace Survey
Training, diversity,
recruitment and injuries surface as action areas
The 2006 JEMS Salary & Workplace Survey offers insights
for EMS Managers on trends in systems of all sizes across the
U.S. The survey was distributed via an online survey tool sent
to 1,695 organizations. Three Hundred twenty two (322) qualifying
responses were received, yielded a 19% response rate. The complete
report was presented in the November 2006 issue of JEMS (Journal
of Emergency Medical Services). Here are the highlights as presented
in the analysis:
- Fewer than 20% of responding agencies require
physical re-qualification after their employees are hired,
which may factor
in the high on-the-job injury rates of EMS providers.
- EMS is
not very diverse at present. Nine out of 10 upper level
EMS managers are white/Caucasian males.
- The Bureau of Labor and Statistics
predicts that EMT and paramedic job growth will be “much faster than average” through
2014, an indication of the need for EMS recruitment programs.
- The
majority of EMS management positions still have a high
school diploma or GED as the minimum educational requirement.
More than two-thirds of managers have yet to achieve industry-specific
management training.
- Most medical directors are not meeting
the basic qualifications recommended by the National Association
of EMS Physicians.
- Average annual attrition for full-time employees is 12.8%.
The cross-trained fire department has the lowest rate,
with an average rate of just 5.5%. Part-time employees average
21.7%
turnover.
- The most common shift length remains 24 hours (53.8%),
followed by 12 hours (31.4%).
- Our peers overseas average 14–25
paid days of leave annually.
Click here to read the complete analysis of the survey results.
http://www.jems.com/data/pdf/2006salarysurvey.pdf
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