COVID-19 cases in the United States are expanding exponentially and already overwhelming the capabilities of many public safety agencies. As this unprecedented pandemic continues, EMS, fire, and law enforcement agencies need to consider innovative strategies to increase or supplement their ranks.

Public safety personnel are unable to socially distance from home when their work does not stop and are being exposed at an exponentially higher rate than many other Americans.

The first responders who answered the call to the Life Care Center nursing home in Kirkland, Washington where so many of the first U.S. fatalities originated from are now on extended quarantines due to lab testing delays.

Already within hospitals, ICU providers are projected to be in dire need shortly.

The Society of Critical Care Medicine has recommended tiered staffing strategies in the ICU to incorporate non-ICU physicians, providers, and nurses.

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