EMS Advocacy
The EMS advocacy topic features related articles, news, resources and videos concerning EMS issues and efforts to keep them in the forefront.
Recommendations for how Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.; and Dr. Oz Mehmet, nominees for the next Trump Administration, can improve America’s healthcare funding and patient care
Empower your personnel to become pediatric ready
EMS experts discuss rising premiums and increased ambulance bills under New York’s cost-control efforts
All EMS providers are invited to dream and share big, wild, audacious ideas about the future of EMS
Understanding the complex and multifaceted reasons for low EMS wages is an important first step to improve pay and benefits
Ricardo Martinez was 20 when he got his first job as a 911 dispatcher; he quickly found out that the job wasn’t going to get easier but harder
Greg Schott was attending the race in support of his teammates when a swimmer lost consciousness and did not have a pulse
Jason Buck was seriously injured in a motorcycle crash July 2015
The problem wasn’t being a paramedic, but how I was handling the job and the stress that came with it
EMS doesn’t have an actual paramedic shortage; instead, EMS has a shortage of paramedics willing to work for low wages in terrible working conditions
John Lotts was running a marathon last year when he began having chest pains
Charles Longley was waiting for a light to change after missing an exit when a woman knocked on his window
Paramedics Nate Stine and Jeromy Yadin were in their ambulance when they saw smoke
A GoFundMe page has raised over $60,000 to donate funds to purchase AEDs in Salvatore Silvestri’s name
Focus on controlling what you can and leave the big picture to other people
In your opinion, who do you think fits the bill?
Officials said there’s a handful of positions open, but the training requirement is derailing their efforts
Blair Williams, 25, completed her clinical rotation and led a mock emergency call
Dispatcher Denera White eventually reached the woman, and at one point pretended to be her mother
Dan Buelow performed a sternal rub to test consciousness before beginning CPR
Here’s a summary of the types of questions the Eagles asked one another from the last year
Inside EMS Podcast co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson each sat down with the Medic2Medic podcast
After arriving at the hospital, the youngest patient told crews he lost his pet turtle in the crash
EMS chief explains Allina Health EMS business case for increasing workforce diversity to improve patient care and the organization’s ROI
Giovanni Grella pinned down the assailant with his knees before wresting the knife away from him
Providing care on the snow covered prairie reconnected me with my paramedic roots and reminds me there are many ways for paramedics to be caregivers
Our co-hosts discuss the enhancement of on-track incident response through a new partnership between AMR and NASCAR
Brian Schimanski and Christopher Mateja arrived at the scene before firefighters and began to evacuate residents
Proposals and bills may not always directly influence EMS, but it’s essential to know the person behind the ballot
SWOT analysis gives volunteers the opportunity to participate in the development of an action plan for training, increased competence and success
