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Paramedic Chief

Paramedic Chief — The news items, feature articles, videos and more you find here are selected specifically with paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders in mind. This content will give those who are charged with running a department or agency the tools, information and insight they need to excel as leaders and managers.

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Pulse Check Conference brings together industry experts to share clinical, leadership practices - The summit will examine how health care leaders are innovating to produce better outcomes, create better patient experience and improve overall value
Calif. EMS agency earns CAAS accreditation - Paramedics Plus is one of only 24 agencies that maintains CAAS accreditation in California, which has 715 public and private ambulance services
When it comes to measuring the patient experience, EMS falls short - Asking our patients and their families to provide feedback through a formal assessment of patient satisfaction should be a priority of every EMS agency
Dynamic deployment: 5 more persistent myths busted - The implementation of dynamic deployment and how it is different from system status management is explained in this second myth busting primer
Dynamic deployment: 5 persistent myths busted - The definition of dynamic deployment and its implementation are explained in this mythbusting primer
What we learned about EMS in the first year of the EMS Trend report - Inaugural report sets foundation for evaluating changes, trends in the emergency care system, including standards of care, educational requirements and performance indicators
How to buy a mobile incident command post - Consider these four emergency mobile command posts vehicle types to see what best fits your needs
Why patient refusal documentation is in your best interest - When patients do not act in their best interest having them sign a patient refusal form is in your best interest as an EMS professional
Harnessing the power of public safety communications centers - Enable communications personnel to be the brains of the service and recognize their important quasi-supervisory role
From volunteer EMT to Deputy Secretary of Health: Lessons learned - EMS leader and advocate Raphael Barishansky discusses his EMS career path from a volunteer EMT to the highest levels of state government
Should chiefs give paramedics guns? - Before deciding whether or not to allow firefighters, paramedics and EMTs to carry concealed firearms on duty, give careful thought to these five factors
Inside EMS Podcast: How to deal with unprofessionalism in EMS - In this week's episode, our co-hosts tackle the issue of unprofessional behavior in EMS, and how to handle it
EMS needs planning, preparation to mitigate the effects of terrorist attacks - A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
Texas medics cleared to transfuse blood products; make narrow save - Cypress Creek medics believe the patient would not have made it to the hospital alive without the transfusion
10 tips for successful online anatomy and physiology instruction - Follow these guidelines to include the goals and activities needed for effective online A&P instruction and student success
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