A spokesman for the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics warned Sunday that it's been tough for first responders to adjust to their new way of life on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus crisis.
Asked whether he had the necessary protective equipment to treat the influx of highly contagious patients, Wagner said his supply was "dwindling" slowly.
Wagner said many emergency responders have been forced to re-use personal protective equipment [PPE]. "The PPE we are using, this is single-use... it's not designed to be reused. If we re-used this PPE three months ago, they'd want to fire us.," he said. "Health-care workers, if you went into one room with a mask on and left the room and treated another patient with the same set of gloves or masks or gown, they'd be fired."
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