Cleveland Paramedic Resigns in Scathing Letter to City Leaders

CLEVELAND (FOX 8) - The FOX 8 I-Team has obtained a letter written by a paramedic resigning from Cleveland EMS outlining a long list of serious problems with the ambulance service affecting workers and patients like you and your family. Paramedic Megan Mull sent the letter to officials and city council members at Cleveland City Hall. She wrote she had planned on a career with EMS, but she is leaving the job due to a “toxic and dangerous environment.” MORE         To Whom It May Concern,     I regret to inform you of my departure from Cleveland EMS (CEMS). Despite having completed paramedic school with the plan of a full career at CEMS, I no longer have any reason to believe this is a healthy long term environment. I have cared for and learned from my coworkers and patients here, and I will value those experiences forever. I find being an urban medic rewarding, exhilarating, and exhausting. Regrettably, the combination of low compensation, high stress, and poor management practices have forced me to make an unwanted departure.     In departure paperwork requested to be completed, I was given two lines to explain why I am leaving employment with CEMS, and to do so with such limited space would be both inaccurate and incomplete.     1. Working Conditions     - CEMS handles the most calls with the smallest ratio of employees of any surrounding EMS department, but lacks standard equipment to make our jobs safer an...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Administration and Leadership Source Type: news