Advanced EMT Nathaniel Lombardi, left, and Rebecca Quinn, paramedic, back center, carry a woman through the snow to a waiting ambulance Dec. 21 in Fairfield.

Nathaniel Lombardi, an advanced EMT, left, lifts a patient to a chair with the assistance of Dan Mayotte, right, Dec. 21 in Vassalboro. Mayotte is a supervisor at Delta Ambulance as well as a volunteer firefighter for the Vassalboro Fire Department. He responded to the call on his day off as a volunteer. "It's a full time job," he said. "It's like farming. No vacation."

Nathaniel Lombardi, left, wheels a man from his home Dec. 21 after he fell the night before in Vassalboro. The population of the state of Maine is one of the oldest in the nation.

Delta paramedics carry a patient to the waiting ambulance during a nor'easter Dec. 17 in Vassalboro. The patient suffered ankle injuries from falling down the stairs, but ambulance personnel are required to prepare for the possibility of COVID-19 on every run.

Advanced EMT Nathaniel Lombardi, left, and Rebecca Quinn, paramedic, carry a woman through the snow to a waiting ambulance Dec. 21 in Fairfield.

A patient clutches her chest in pain and has difficulty breathing Dec. 21 as Rebecca Quinn, Delta paramedic, treats her while en route from Fairfield to a Waterville hospital.

Rebecca Quinn, paramedic, feels the vein on the arm of a woman Dec. 21 as advanced EMT Nathaniel Lombardi, right, sets up an IV in the back of the ambulance in Fairfield.

Advanced EMT Nathaniel Lombardi, left, removes a layer of gloves to drive the ambulance Dec. 21 after assisting paramedic Rebecca Quinn treat a patient in Fairfield.

Advanced EMT Nathaniel Lombardi, back, and paramedic Rebecca Quinn, foreground, place a woman into an ambulance Dec. 21 in Fairfield.

Volunteer firefighters and basic EMTs wait for Delta Ambulance paramedics to arrive at the scene of a single vehicle accident Dec. 3 on a rural dirt road in Norridgewock.

Nathaniel Lombardi, an advanced EMT, assists an elderly woman to the ambulance Dec. 21 in Fairfield.

Rebecca Quinn, Delta paramedic, watches a news conference Dec. 21 at the Delta base in Waterville. Dr. Nirav Shah, the Maine CDC director, was discussing the status of the COVID-19 pandemic in Maine.

Jay Pfingst, Delta paramedic, left, assesses the ankle of a patient who fell while shoveling the front steps of her home during a Dec. 17 nor'easter in Vassalboro. Every call requires ambulance personnel to wear an N95 mask now.

Jay Pfingst, Delta paramedic, left, and Lindsay Seamans, center, lift a patient to a waiting stretcher Dec. 17 in a rural area of Vassalboro.

Rebecca Quinn, left, and Nathaniel Lombardi deliver a patient Dec. 21 to the Emergency Department at MaineGeneral Hospital in Waterville.