EMS providers, EMT's and Paramedics, have long since been on the bottom of the pay scale for Health Care Professionals. Many Organizations pay their Paramedics starting at ten dollars an hour.
EMS providers should be paid enough to where they don't need to take extra shifts just to make ends meet. No longer should they struggle to provide for their family.
Why should nurses, who get to work Indoors, out of the elements, with adequate assistance, be making 30 dollars an hour while paramedics are doing the same thing, out in the field?
For health care to be effective, EMS is a necessity.