EMS Advocacy
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“If the day ever came when I could do this work and it didn’t bother me, that would be the day I needed to quit and find another job.”
“It is the promise woven into every dispatch, every siren, every shift, every person reaching out for help.”
This year’s EMS Week theme is “We care. For everyone.” How is your agency honoring your service?
The team will host four public meetings where attendees will discuss the future of EMS with the project’s panel
Our co-hosts question if it is time to respond with BLS units and have paramedic intercept
Longtime EMS educator shares the lessons he has learned from developing and delivering EMS curricula in a virtual and flipped classroom
Funding for cardiac arrest is a fraction of what NIH spends to study other leading causes of death like diabetes, cancer and stroke
EMS1 continues to fulfill its mission, bringing the most current news to EMS professionals worldwide
The 10th anniversary of EMS1 is a great time to recognize the positive attributes millennials bring to EMS as they drive prehospital care into its second 50 years
A look back at defining moments, acquisitions, additions, offerings and the people who made EMS1 what it is today
As we reflect on the past 10 years, here’s a look at the videos that resonated the most with readers
From exam tips to career advice, our top columns of the past 10 years covered all the bases
After accepting that personal change is inevitable, here is how you can begin to handle that change for you and your family
The crew helped Margaret Durham after she appeared to be overheated
Kent Meyer, a 14-year paramedic veteran, started Project Hope after completing therapy for his own PTSD
The calm, quiet professionalism of EMS roars like thunder when chaos rules
Our co-hosts talk about changing the tradition of not allowing EMS providers to get a lunch break and allowing them some downtime within their shift
EMS providers complaining about lack of education and educators complaining about lack of students is where ignorance and apathy collide
Angie Jarrett was given the award because of her “service to patients, leadership and spirit of collaboration with fellow staff members”
California legislators need to hear from the state’s 75,000 EMS providers in support of, or opposed to the EMS Workers Bill of Rights
The “Lives Before Lunch” campaign’s purpose is to highlight the dangers of the bill and urge legislators to vote “no”
Tyler Moore, 18, worked a 24-hour EMT shift the weekend before his first treatment
The list factored in opportunity and projected growth
Suzie Gresham hopes to win a scholarship with her EMS-themed platform
Field training officers use the zone of proximal development, a proven educational strategy, to train new EMS professionals
In 2016, EMSStat responded to more than 22,000 calls and more than 17,000 transports
When students are not comfortable in their skills, knowledge and ability to pass the National Registry exam
The public sees what they want to see and I’ve come to accept that they see EMTs and paramedics as people driving ambulances
