EMS Advocacy
The EMS advocacy topic features related articles, news, resources and videos concerning EMS issues and efforts to keep them in the forefront.
Have EMS operations failed to keep up with the growing complexity demanded by the communities we serve?
Chris and Kelly tackle EMS safety, resiliency, onboarding, the duty to act and more hot topics in Inside EMS
Legislative takeaways from AAA’s Shawn Baird, Randy Strozyk and Dr. Gerad Troutman; and as well as Senator Bill Cassidy
‘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
Some say proposal to eliminate a paramedic position and shift a position to another district will increase response time
EMS workers concerned their built in overtime would be taken away, amounting to a 6 percent cut in salary
Crash victims are being deluged with phone calls from lawyers and self-described “investigators” shortly after being injured
City could owe federal government $40 million or more if suit proves true
Hundreds of people gathered in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the 18th annual event
Dennis Loughlin’s speedy actions credited with saving man’s life
