emergency medical services

The city's emergency medical agency blames high call volume and traffic, but its workers point to low pay and attrition.

EMS union leaders say turnover within the agency, due to a combination of stress and inadequate pay, contributes to a loss of expertise and periodic understaffing.

Photograph of Cynthia Rennix with a photograph of her daughter Eutisha

The two EMTs accused of refusing to aid a dying pregnant

The EMTs accused of abandoning a dying pregnant woman in a

The two paramedics accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman

Mayor Bloomberg called out two EMTs accused of refusing to aid

from Digiart2001 | jason.kuffer's flickr City medics refused to help a