WSLS-TV/Channel 10 reports Franklin County has created Virginia’s first-ever Paramedic Apprenticeship Program, during which Apprentices take classes and work with Nurses and Doctors in local hospitals, as well as work side-by-side with Paramedics in ambulances.  Through the program, Apprentices will complete 4,000 hours of paid on-the-job training and more than 280 hours of related technical instruction.  County leaders say they are fully staffed with about 25 Paramedics right now, but that won’t always be the case.  “People who are retiring takes years of experience out of our system - so, we need to fill that need, we need to fill that void,” Franklin County Executive Director of Workforce Development Kathy Hodges said.

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