EMS Advocacy
The EMS advocacy topic features related articles, news, resources and videos concerning EMS issues and efforts to keep them in the forefront.
True empowerment in EMS comes from leaders who not only set a clear vision but also actively involve their personnel in achieving it
For 2 hours and 43 minutes each day, someone is influencing our providers, and ideally, it should be us
Host Chris Cebollero speaks with Magee about the role of volunteers in EMS and how they can stop the exodus from the field
Heart attack patient benefits from continuum of care
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson debate whether a NYC police officer should have been cleared in a videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed man, and welcome Greg Friese as the new EMS1 Editor-in-Chief
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the challenges of recruiting and training volunteer EMTs, and their importance to the industry
Experienced providers should re-evaluate priorities before riding a bad idea into the ground
A ribbon cutting ceremony will commemorate the reopening of the facility, which was damaged by a 2011 tornado
I’m excited to lead the EMS industry’s top news and information website into new territory
After a scared child arrived at the hospital, the clinical manager saw all three “gathered around the gurney and serenading the little one”
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the need for more resources to help paramedics deal with mental health issues
On the eve of this U.S. holiday, we should all be grateful for the work EMS, fire and police are doing to protect to those in Ferguson
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the Code Green Campaign, which raises awareness about responder suicides and mental health issues
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Trade shows bring together industry reporters from across the nation, and a few simple tricks can help get your company or product noticed
Hosts Chris and Kelly discuss how a terminally ill woman legally committed suicide with lethal drugs, and how EMS performance standards can change the industry
A NASEMSO initiative to develop EMS performance measures can lead to increased funding and improved patient outcomes
Six of eight tax measures passed and will increase financial support through annual fees
Inspired by his struggle with PTSD, it focuses on how EMTs cope with the job
Do we have it within ourselves to create a future that is worthy of our past?
If you’re new to EMS, please don’t let jaded old-timers influence your perception of what truly matters
About 75 people gathered to recognize Freedom House Ambulance Service, which serves as a national EMS model
The ambulance is being retired, and will be given to Kasama, Zambia, after a sister city partnership in 2012
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss whether teenagers are psychologically and emotionally equipped to work as EMTs
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It’s the only certified high school program in the state; students complete the training tuition-free as part of the district’s mission to “put Arizona to work”
The video, where they wear pink and dance to Pharrell Williams “Happy,” is in the running for a $15,000 prize sponsored by a medical supply company
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson sit down with a medic who says he has the secret to being financially happy on an average EMS paycheck
The move comes after the UK government decided to not award National Health Service workers a 1 percent pay raise