EMS Advocacy
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3 steps to stop staffing problem solving and start reinventing your agency
9/11 survivor and volunteer firefighter Rob Weisberg is supporting first responders and veterans and their service animals
Results from the 2023 EMS Trend Survey identify an urgent need for increased mental health support
The annual ride, now in its 9th year, was created to remember and honor EMS LODDs
Police claimed the paramedic ‘muscled in,’ interfered and ignored requests for her to leave the room
ALS certification allows a paramedic to use more potent drugs and enhanced medical tools in severe pre-hospital emergency situations
Federal administrators still have to decide whether to cover other conditions, like cancer, where there is less hard evidence of a tie to ground zero toxins
NAEMSE has challenged itself to accomplish a range of things in 2011
With the recent turnover in both houses of Congress, our advocacy work in 2011 will focus on educating and re-educating national leaders and staff on the challenges faced by EMS professionals
Rocky Mountain EMS employees said they believe the airbags in the ambulance did not properly deploy in the crash
‘An elderly woman steps out of the car, and just from the worried look on her face, I can tell that she has a problem ...’
Southend paramedic Paul Warwick and emergency medical technician Mark Rowley visited Mr Cross at his restaurant, where he thanked them
There has never really been a consensus about a general term to call EMS providers
Woman fired for her Facebook posts has prompted a first-of-its-kind legal case
Superior Court Judge Carl Fox ruled that the paramedic, James Griffin, was technically a public “employee,” not a public “officer”
Up to 50 paramedics from North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) which covers Merseyside will be sent to London in 2012 for more than two months
In each case, the worker has performed an extraordinary act of service that went beyond normal expectations
The news ends fears that the historic facility would close, forcing officials to call helicopters or use other means to get sick and injured people over the mountains and to a hospital
The states’s trauma death rate is 20 percent higher than the national average because it is short of 25-30 trauma centers it needs
The number of assaults has fallen as a result of UK health chiefs crackdown on abusive patients
The Philadelphia mayor says their decisions are in keeping with efforts by paramedics to be held to a different overtime standard than firefighters are
The awards aim to recognize outstanding achievements and contributions in EMS by responders; winners each received $1,000
The development of EMS as a subspecialty has been discussed for many years and it was approved by ABMS at its General Assembly of its members on Thursday
Remember as an EMT or paramedic that there are always consequences to what you post on social media sites
Whether you call it ‘running hot’ or going ‘priority’ or ‘code-3' or anything else, driving with lights and sirens is serious, dangerous business
The North East’s first female paramedic is to hang up her uniform after serving the region for more 30 years
A grey area in the law means it is illegal for ambulances to speed if they are not carrying a patient
Extensive research funded through a $180k grant from New York State
City medic who was cleared of all charges says he was wrongfully terminated
County staff members want to shave off almost half a million dollars
