Empress Emergency Medical Services

Thank you to the Daily Freeman for the coverage of the continuing improved response times in the Town of Ulster since Empress started its contract there in March!

We are looking forward to being at the Vital Signs Conference in Syracuse! If you're in the area later this week, stop by and check out our booth at the trade show. We're hoping some paramedics will see the great sign-on deal we're offering through the end of the year and decide to join our team. https://lnkd.in/e-C7YPrZ

If you're a paramedic looking for an exciting new job opportunity, check this out: If you apply and we hire you before the end of the year, you can get a $10,000 sign-on bonus. And if you live more than 60 miles outside of our coverage area, you can get up to $2,500 to help with your relocation. Visit empressems.com/careers to learn more.

Outreach Coordinator and EMT Omar Stout, left, and Deputy Chief Sean O'Brien, right, were at Westchester County Association's health career job fair today (Oct. 23) at Westchester County Center. We're hiring for several positions, including paramedics and EMTs, with paramedics especially in demand. Our starting salary rates for paramedics have risen 60% in the past eight years, and we offer great benefits, including health insurance, 401(k) with employer match and much more. Get details at empressems.com/careers

Paramedic Dustin Moore, left, and EMT Gladys Plaza-Guzman, right, pose with Fire Chief John Lucariello at a ceremony on Oct. 15 at Fishkill Town Hall honoring them for their efforts that helped save Lucariello's life. Chief Lucariello went into cardiac arrest after arriving at the scene of a fire on Aug. 11, when Empress's dedicated town unit found him in a battle for his life. Paramedic Moore began life-saving ALS interventions, and the crew transported to St. Luke's Montefiore Hospital, where he was pronounced dead after the ER worked on him aggressively for nearly an hour. It was noted a few minutes later that Lucariello began breathing on his own and had a pulse. Lifesaving care was resumed in the ER, and after successful cardiac care at St Luke's and Westchester Medical Center, he returned home.

Many thanks to Northern Dutchess News for helping us spread the word about our recent acquisition of Northern Dutchess Paramedics (NDP). We are excited to expand our coverage area into Northern Dutchess, Columbia County and Connecticut and provide exceptional service there.

Congratulations to Jayvee Delossantos on his promotion to lieutenant in the South Field Operations Division! He began his EMS career in 2016 and became a paramedic in January 2020. Since joining Empress in July 2024, he has distinguished himself as both a mentor and a leader. 

Thank you to Putnam County News & Recorder for helping spread the word that Putnam County has formed a contract with Empress to provide Community Paramedicine, a program that will help homebound and elderly people receive needed care in their homes, preventing them from resorting to calling 911 and freeing up ambulances to respond to true emergencies: https://lnkd.in/ena2cQ4H

Behind the adrenaline and fast-paced decisions of EMS work lies a quieter force that determines whether we deliver excellence or merely adequacy. It's our culture that makes the difference, Captain Robert Szeli writes in this article: https://lnkd.in/eayQ8RB5

Congratulations to our North Academy Instructor, Sandra (Sandy) Wilson, on her promotion to Lieutenant! She started her EMS career as an EMT in 1992 and earned her CIC (Certified Instructor Coordinator) Credentials in 2018 and has been the lead instructor for the Empress North Academy for the past two years.