EMT graduation held at LaGuardia Community College to address NYC shortage
On April 28, Global Medical Response (GMR) hosted the graduation of 80 new emergency medical technicians (EMTs) at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City, as the city and country faced a critical shortage of EMTs.
Of the 80 graduates, 30 were from LaGuardia’s training program. The other graduates were from training centers in Long Island and Westchester.
During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, FDNY Emergency Medical Service units responded to more than 6,000 calls across the city per day, many of them in Queens, which was known as the “epicenter of the epicenter” during the spring of 2020.