EMS Advocacy
The EMS advocacy topic features related articles, news, resources and videos concerning EMS issues and efforts to keep them in the forefront.
A new congressional bill aims to classify cross-trained EMS personnel federally, but will it be enough?
The EMS Counts Act would update federal labor statistics to include EMS providers who also serve as firefighters
From emotional challenges to physical demands, here’s what EMS professionals want you to know before you sign up
Our co-hosts discuss the week’s news, including an article about how Florida EMS agencies said they were delayed in the school shooting response
Sydney Fitzgibbons said she was inspired to become a paramedic after recovering from her disorder that put her in “ICUs about 20 times in two years”
When paramedics found high school student Maddy Wilford, they thought she was dead due to the multiple gunshot wounds she had suffered
“Please DO block our street and parking spaces if needed!” the note said, which added that first responders are “unsung heroes”
The measure calls for the issuance of “red personalized plates to volunteer emergency responders at no initial or annual cost to the volunteer
Modern research is dispelling treatment misconceptions and out-of-date practices that are limiting the standard of care
What will you do to improve prehospital medicine and your community?
“From March 11 to 17, we are emphasizing that safety in the delivery of healthcare is the highest priority all the time,” CPS executive director Alex Christgen said
A retired rescue captain looks back on a career of helping others and tells the stories of doing his best to make a difference
Bonner County EMS posted a Facebook video of a crew taking “advantage of the return of winter” to honor the Olympics with an event of their own
The firefighter/paramedic worked in Florida’s “wild, wild west”
Mobile Medical Response is paying students $9 an hour to complete the classes, so long as they continue their paramedic education afterward
Joseph Bitetto reunited with Howard Blanck, who saved him as a baby, during FDNY’s EMS graduation ceremony
Mary Andrews, who is also a registered nurse, began her EMS career as chief of a three-person crew and stored the ambulance in her garage
The “public safety president” can use the bully pulpit to do much, much more for EMS and other public safety personnel
A full day pre-conference was dedicated to providing meaningful tools that NAEMSP Annual Meeting attendees could apply at their home agencies
EMS can be a major player in clinical medicine, operational delivery and healthcare changes, decreasing morbidity and mortality
Separating community health care and 911 response will help distinguish EMS as first responders
Plan ahead and use all the resources at your disposal to help EMS providers suffering from PTSD related to disaster response
Since 1983, Emergency Medical Services Explorer program has offered teens training and mentoring through medical care experience and ambulance ride-along’s
Our co-hosts kick off the new year with a discussion on vision, goal setting and developing a plan to make 2018 a great year
A study on the keywords used in stroke 911 calls identifies a need for community education and the utility of EMD protocols
Sialmas Family Restaurant will treat all emergency medical, safety and law enforcement personnel as a way to say thank you
Odessa College’s Health Sciences Building is being renovated to allow everyone from emergency medical services students to nursing pupils to mingle and cooperate
Firefighters and paramedics at Fire Station 2 shook hands with President Trump as he thanked them for their work
EMS sleep practices, the opioid epidemic, community paramedicine and patient transport mark some of the biggest issues to watch in 2018
What are your top personal and professional accomplishments and goals for the future?
James Green received the Digital Health Award for his ambulance crash test methods series
Community paramedicine, patient transport, EMS safety, the opioid epidemic and professionalism shape the last year in EMS
This year’s profiled EMS pioneers shared an experienced perspective on EMS training and education, leadership and opportunities