2018 Year in Review

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• Roundtable: How to prepare for the changes in store for EMS

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  Climate change, connectivity, value-based reimbursements will shape the coming year in EMS service and delivery

• 8 reasons we are on the cusp of Peak EMS

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  A bold prediction that EMS patient transport to the hospital by ambulance is sure to peak, level off and decline as we near 2020

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• Top 10 heartwarming EMS stories of 2018

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  From fulfilling dying wishes to finishing house work for a patient, EMS providers performed some pretty incredible acts of kindness this year

• 5 steps to make your EMS resolutions STICK

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  Every year starts with good intentions. Make this one filled with real world positive change

• Top 10 strangest calls EMS faced in 2018

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  From flaming spiders to a girl stuck in a tailpipe, this year first responders dealt with several incidents you just can’t make up

• Move over, urges paramedic who lost leg after being struck

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  Rory Barros, who was hit by a drunk driver while responding to a crash, explains why giving up has never been an option

• How AMR's therapy dog program is helping EMS providers cope with 'unimaginable' stress

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  Goldendoodles Saydee and Bodhi have made it their mission to relieve the emotional stress EMTs and paramedics experience while on duty and at deployments

• Trending: Expanded use of prehospital point of care ultrasound (P-POCUS)

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  How far has prehospital point of care ultrasound come in the past year and, more importantly, where is it going next?

• Congresswoman takes up fight to classify 911 operators as first responders

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  Congresswoman Norma Torres, who previously worked as a 911 operator, wants to upgrade the status of 911 operators from clerical workers to first responders