EMS Management
The EMS management topic focuses on leadership within EMS agencies, bringing together a range of relevant columns and resources as well as the latest news on EMS department operations, budget issues and new appointments.
Building mental and physical resilience isn鈥檛 just important 鈥� it鈥檚 essential for EMS professionals. If your program isn鈥檛 gaining traction, these 5 roadblocks could be to blame.
EMS grant guru Corey Carlson breaks down the nationwide opioid settlements and how emergency service providers can benefit
A pioneering EMS program is helping patients with opioid use disorder find a path to recovery
Hurricane Milton had been downgraded to a Category 4 storm as it approached Florida鈥檚 Gulf Coast
It鈥檚 a two-way street; HR professionals should do more to understand the industry and fire/EMS leaders should better explain the needs of members
Build systems where staff can be rock stars: Insights from Drs. Dave Williams and Jonathan Studnek
Twin City Ambulance leader sent a 鈥渃ease-and-desist鈥� letter to the Tonawanda town supervisor after ambulance service announcement
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said false claims about withholding aid are demoralizing to relief workers
Tonawanda officials have created their ambulance service following frustrations with the current private ambulance service
Ambulance services cannot afford to feed the billing department incomplete, inaccurate or misrepresented information
Minimize mistakes and improve billing collections by confirming every PCR is accurate and descriptive
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
A Decatur Fire & Rescue recruit school training video shows recruits facing a simulated injured patient inside a bathroom stall
This phrase has an amazing ability to get people in the middle of an angry rant to stop, listen, and reframe their argument
Significant updates to the process, open until March 31, 2025, will benefit clinicians and approvers
The complaint alleges that Santa Fe paramedics 鈥渟tated that Mr. Tapia was obviously dead and would not be transported鈥�
Monroe County Fire Rescue鈥檚 EMS chief faced several charges including evidence tampering, witness tampering and altering patient records
AMR changed the staffing on some of its ambulances to one paramedic and one EMT after negotiations with Multnomah County officials
North Kingsville鈥檚 mayor said expenditures increased to the point they were not able to make payroll
Funding will allow for a social worker to accompany Lexington police on crisis calls
Ogdensburg officials, with the support of the Ogdensburg Volunteer Rescue Squad, turned down North Star Health Alliance鈥檚 plan
Hurley officials are planning expenses for the creation of an ambulance service using fire department ambulances
The Chippewa Falls Fire and Emergency Services Department has invested in ambulance upgrades, IV pumps and fire apparatus
Hurricane Helene is expected to bring storm conditions as far inland as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana when it makes
Enid city officials are looking at ambulance service challenges solutions
EMS Assistant Chief James U. Matz said firefighters respond to up to 6,000 opioid overdoses a year
11 departments raised concerns about communication problems and other frustrations with Medix
The decisions we make between calls might be just as critical, in the long run, as the treatment decisions we make during calls
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to set shift length based on call demand, available personnel, equipment supply and time on task
EMS response times to life-threatening situations increased by 29%, from 9 minutes 40 seconds in 2014 to 12 minutes 26 seconds this year
Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul signed bills regarding insurance and treat in place, and whole blood use by ground ambulances
Wallingford fire officers said former Fire Chief Joseph Czentnar ordered a firefighter to attend two EMS training events under his name
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