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At Allina Health EMS, we’re taking the long view <br />while keeping our eye on the day-to-day. This <br />organization takes a great deal of pride in the <br />fact that we respond to more than 330 requests <br />for service every day. Every one of us knows <br />and embraces the importance of showing up <br />every day prepared to face whatever might <br />come. It’s our privilege to serve those who <br />call on us to fulfill the Allina Health mission of <br />providing whole person, exceptional care to <br />our communities. <br />But we are also focused on the future. With <br />advancements in clinical practices, fast-paced <br />technologies, changing demographics, and a <br />workforce shortage, we know that resting on <br />our laurels is not the way to secure a <br />successful tomorrow. <br />First and foremost we are involved in our people. <br />We take great pride in hiring good people and <br />keeping them. While much of the country has <br />long struggled with EMS staffing shortages, <br />particularly in the paramedic ranks, we here in <br />the Midwest have only begun to feel that pain. <br />With national and state-wide unemployment <br />at record low levels and plenty of alternative <br />employment opportunities for younger people <br />entering the workforce, we’re working hard to <br />promote the vocation of paramedicine. This is <br />noble work and we have a lot to offer those <br />who choose to serve. As you’ll see in this year’s <br />Community Report, Allina Health EMS is pleased <br />to showcase many of these extraordinary people <br />who have found purpose in the work they do <br />here. We offer career building opportunities <br />and special pathways to enter the profession. <br />In 2018 we helped to create the first-ever <br />endowed Paramedic Scholarship at one of our <br />area community colleges. <br />And it doesn’t stop there, we are keenly <br />engaged in integration of technologies into <br />the clinical setting, leadership development, <br />executing the vision set forth in the EMS <br />Agenda 2050 and more. Our work is recognized <br />as progressive and forward thinking and has <br />received national accreditations such as the <br />CAAS accreditation we received in 2018. The <br />future of Allina Health EMS is bright – not only <br />because of what we do today, but because of <br />our deliberate, strategic and thoughtful planning <br />for tomorrow. <br />Brian LaCroix, FACPE, NRP <br /> »President/Chief, Allina Health EMS <br />Letter from <br /> t he President <br />COMMUNITY REPORT 2018 1