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Looking back at 2021: Bashoor and Cebollero unpack the stories and trends affecting fire and EMS

In this special crossover episode of the Side Alpha Podcast, Chief Marc Bashoor speaks with Chris Cebollero, the host of Inside EMS, about the major news and trends impacting fire and EMS in 2021.

Bashoor and Cebollero unpack issues related to apparatus and ambulance safety, the COVID-19 vaccines, ET3 and telehealth, the use of ketamine, mayday training, and staffing shortages. 

Read more from our 2021 year-in-review special coverage.

And check out these related stories:

• ‘The Year of the Vaccine’: 2021 gave us vaccine protection and pushback
• Project Mayday
• 'It’s time to declare a staffing mayday': 21 ways VFDs can break the mold

• Why every firefighter-paramedic must know the story of Elijah McClain