EMS Advocacy
The EMS advocacy topic features related articles, news, resources and videos concerning EMS issues and efforts to keep them in the forefront.
Making care more accessible, reducing hospital utilization and improving outcomes
The importance of community involvement in advancing EMS research and quality
How paramedics can take action to protect patients from falling through the cracks
Through the widespread adoption of the NEMSIS standard and the commitment among individual EMS providers to participate in building the state and national databases, EMS is showing that it can adapt to new health care realities
Paramedic Ben Jones encouraged countless people to step up, take on new challenges, advance their careers and become everything they’re capable of being
I knew this would be something special, though I have to admit I was feeling a bit of nerves about going to our nation’s capitol and meeting with senators and representatives for EMS on the Hill Day
Mantooth spoke about bringing paramedics into people’s living rooms for the first time with the show “Emergency!” and what it’s like to be the nation’s most famous paramedic
The document highlights safety, evidence-based EMS, and performance-based funding and reimbursement as the three areas of most concern
Here’s an example of what improving morale would look like from an employe’s perspective
Jeff Clawson, ‘father of emergency medical dispatch’ speaks about the evolution of 911 dispatch and where the industry is headed
Here’s how the 3,300 EMS providers who make up FDNY EMS celebrate EMS Week
Honor dispatchers during Public Safety Telecommunicator Week in April, and throughout the year
Surveys found that public was confused about the meaning of the EMS acronym, thinking it meant emergency management, emergency medicine in hospitals or environmental management services
An effort to bring together the leaders of national EMS membership organizations to build communication, trust and collaboration on issues aims to allow EMS to “speak with one voice”
Vision is only a powerful daydream until it matches what really matters to personnel in an organization, community or country
Grant funded program aims to improve bystander CPR and cardiac arrest survival in Bozeman, Mont.
N.C. advanced practice paramedics recognized, awarded for promoting injury prevention and safety
Q&A with Sabina Braithwaite, M.D., M.P.H. on the importance of safety culture, EMS week and why the public needs to better understand EMS
Your answer to “What is the greatest EMS need?” depends on the vantage from which you view EMS
Eleven tips to engage with the media and get the word out about your EMS organization
Volunteerism - though noble - hides and skews the real cost of providing EMS in low-volume environments
Thom Dick, a paramedic, caregiver and advocate for patients and providers, discusses his more than 40 years in EMS
Most effective leaders acknowledge their weaknesses, take ownership of their failings and ask for help
Books
Paramedic Steve Berry uses cartoons to describe the highs and lows of being an EMT or paramedic
One of the most significant changes in EMS in recent years is a growing understanding about the importance of gathering data
Overloaded with too much information, email, presentations and meetings, it’s easy to see why a major complaint among managers is that they are working more but achieving less
The publicly raised funds demonstrate the region’s support for well-trained EMS workers
Despite injuries after their ambulance flipped when hit by a wrong-way driver, they continued working on the boy who had suffered cardiac arrest
The agency teamed up with a local veterinarian who will be on call 24/7 whenever EMS crews need help for injured pets, or animals that can no longer be cared for by their injured owners
The money will be used to purchase winter clothing and blankets for those in need
Crystal Wallin found her true calling in EMS, and uses her blog to chronicle the yo-yoing emotions that come with the job
There are plenty of options for a proactive agency to explore, evaluate and implement
