Emergency medical services workforce in the city of Santo Domingo.

Santo Domingo is the largest city in the Dominican Republic. In recent years this city has experienced a significant increase in ambulance services. Objective: To describe the current emergency medical services (EMS) workforce trends in Santo Domingo. Method: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study. Emergency medical services providers working within the city of Santo Domingo filled out a nine-item self-administered questionnaire. Result: A total of 101 providers, 48 volunteer and 53 paid, returned the survey (response rates of 75% and 91.4%, respectively). The volunteers showed a mean of 7.48 ± 2.02 years of involvement in EMS, whereas the paid providers had a mean of 3.58 ± 2.91 years. When asked about planned long-term involvement in EMS, 93.8% of the volunteers responded positively, compared with 58.5% of the paid group. Nine (16.98%) of the paid providers were not satisfied with their jobs, whereas all the volunteers (100%) stated that they were satisfied; 46 (86.8%) and 27 (50.9%) of the paid p...