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Damian Brockway prints out his last cardiac monitor data from the back of truck 3, his office for the last 4 years of a 20 year career at Delta Ambulance in Waterville, Maine on May 3, 2020. Brockway is leaving his paramedic job to become a new type of EMS practitioner. The position is so new it doesnât even have a name yet. The position is designed to extend the extensive training of an experienced paramedic to fill the unique healthcare practitioner niche in rural communities where hospitals donât exist.