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EMTs Struggle with Long Hours, Forced OT and Low Pay
Extended 48-hour shifts are the norm rather than the exception in Beaufort County, South Carolina budget documents and schedules reviewed by The Island Packet and Beaufort Gazette show.
May 25, 2021 •
(TNS) - In just eight days in January, an EMT and a paramedic with Beaufort County EMS each racked up more than 140 hours doing a job that required quick thinking and reactions at any time of day or night, from rushing to transport trauma patients to the hospital to responding to life-threatening medical emergencies.
Three times, their initial, 24-hour shifts ended. And three times, rather than clock out, they started another.
New tax, government change: Here s what Beaufort Co. is considering bringing to voters
The Island Packet 2 hrs ago Kacen Bayless, The Island Packet (Hilton Head Island, S.C.)
Apr. 21 Beaufort County wants to ask the county s voters to decide two major proposals this November, as well as a new transportation tax in 2022.
The two issues proposed for this year a change in the county s form of government and a new tax would be placed on the Nov. 2 ballot if approved by council. They come as the County Council grapples with how to handle disagreements with, and harassment allegations against, its county auditor and as local municipal leaders lobby for a new countywide sales tax.
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