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EMS leaders seek more EMTs, paramedic training slots and pilot mobile integrated health program
Summary
Sedgwick County EMS proposed hiring additional EMTs and supporting a paramedic training pipeline; leaders also asked to pilot a mobile integrated health (community paramedic) program to divert non‑transport patients from emergency departments and better align resources.
Sedgwick County EMS leaders briefed the commission on several staff‑driven decision packages: (1) funding tuition and stipends for EMT‑to‑paramedic training slots, (2) adding full‑time EMT positions to increase ambulance availability, and (3) piloting a mobile integrated health (community paramedic) program to deliver in‑place care for high‑utilizers and vulnerable populations.
Chief Kevin Lanterman (identified in the budget discussion as the EMS leader) and EMS staff said the county’s EMT‑to‑paramedic (E2P) pipeline has been successful: the most recent class graduated about…
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