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After insisting an EMD program would be ‘too challenging,’ airport officials are planning to train all 911 dispatchers to handle medical calls.
COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is now hiring Emergency Medical Dispatchers and EMD supervisors, after 11Alive’s investigative team, The Reveal, found the airport banned its 911 operators from giving CPR or other medical instructions over the phone.
The airport has not publicly announced the change, but a current job posting on the city’s hiring website lists a position for Airport Operations Center Emergency Medical (EMD) Supervisor…
