Greenwich Paramedics Shore-Bound by Coverage Questions

Paramedics assigned to police patrol boards in Greenwich, Conn., have been ordered to remain ashore until their employer can resolve coverage differences with The Workers' Compensation Trust.Charlee Tufts, executive director of the Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS), told WorkCompCentral on Friday that GEMS has ordered its paramedics to meet the patrol boats on shore when police bring patients back from the water.The Workers' Compensation Trust, based in Wallingford, Conn., informed GEMS last week that the paramedics are not covered by either the Merchant Marine Act of 1920, co...