Kansas considers relaxing rules on rural ambulance drivers

A proposal before the Kansas Legislature would allow people without medical training to drive ambulances in rural areas.
The bill is in response to a statewide shortage of trained personnel for ambulances in rural areas. One person with medical training — such as a nurse or an EMT — would still be required to be on board ambulances.

Supporters cite places like Norton County, in northwest Kansas. The county’s 5,400 residents has six full-time ambulance workers and nine volunteers to respond to all 911 calls and take patients from one hospital to another.

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