FEMA steps in to assist with EMS services in MN amid pandemic

[KARE 11 News, November 19, 2020] With COVID-19 putting hospital beds at or near capacity across Minnesota, and taking a toll on staffing levels, it's evident that hospitals are strained.

This is also affecting others on the frontline, the men and women responsible for relocating critically ill COVID patients to free up space.

"The paramedics and EMT's are the ones that are out there moving these patients on a day to day basis," said Bruce Hilderbrandt, President of the MN Ambulance Association.