EMS Management
The EMS management topic focuses on leadership within EMS agencies, bringing together a range of relevant columns and resources as well as the latest news on EMS department operations, budget issues and new appointments.
Ensuring equitable treatment for all communities begins with understanding how unintentional racism can produce racist outcomes in EMS
How fire/EMS leaders can learn from key principles advocated at The Citadel
Revamped triage criteria streamline decision making and relieve the burden on hospital systems
Medical leaders presented studies on when to stop resuscitation efforts, the use of prehospital ultrasound, and how to use gravity to improve cerebral perfusion
Forming a strategic plan for your agency’s future is the easy part; the hard part is getting the people who will carry it out to believe in it as much as you do
Navigate criticism on social media in a way that reflects favorably on your EMS agency
Select an approach to job titles that reflects the issues and needs of modern EMS leaders
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the dogmas of EMS, and the importance of challenging practices that may stand to be corrected
Waiting to complete an electronic patient care report, long after the call, compromises its importance to the patient and the EMS provider
Manufacturer rebate is available for public agency naloxone purchases for next year
Data obtained by the media show more than 1,700 Code 2 and Code 3 calls over the last six months where ambulances arrived more than 20 minutes after the initial dispatch
County-run service losing money from poor collections and having to replace ambulance fleet
Most of us who are minorities want what everyone else wants – a fair chance to work in an honorable profession, and be respected for what we can do
Advances in technology should continue to create ventilators that are smaller, more user friendly, and easily adaptable to the pre-hospital environment
Pressure manometers, filters, a good seal and a two-person approach can all help improve effective airway ventilation
Chief Gregory Dean led the Seattle Fire Department for a decade; he was known for improving cardiac care performance
Daniel Kosler was among the first certified paramedics in the county and one of the longest serving members of the ambulance program created in 1972
Prepare ahead of time to eliminate ‘slow’ responses that require greater thought from your care of critically ill children
EMS providers need to be more aware of and train regularly for high risk-low frequency events
Study demonstrates feasibility of early paramedic administration of neuroprotective drugs to stroke patients
Memphis Fire purchased four devices that connect responders to live interpreters of 180 different languages with the touch of a button
Presenters from the NHTSA office of EMS discuss military medic to civilian EMS, development of evidence-based EMS guidelines, and ground ambulance crash data
The national project will create a meaningful process to measure EMS systems and improve performance across systems
Her mental instability was well-known, and fire officials are accused of bouncing her around to various firehouses instead of getting her help
In this issue: Page, Wolfberg & Wirth cautions leaders to set the tone for their workplace; EMS Strong 2015 advocacy campaign launched
You will find it in the balance between the human you are, and the superhuman the rest of the world expects
Firefighter Patrick Cullum discusses the pain and lessons from an incident that killed Chief Kenneth Lehr and his desire to honor his mentor and friend
EMS providers use hands-on dissection to learn and practice emergency ventilation and hemorrhage control procedures
Connecticut EMS director, Ray Barishansky, shares the realities and pitfalls of leadership and supervision in EMS
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- Understanding, preventing harassment in the EMS workplace
- Former EMT gets $32K settlement for wrongful termination
- Former EMT gets suspended sentence in fatal ambulance crash
- Lawsuit: Medic claims she was fired for reporting partner was drunk
- Ambulance companies taking patients to court to collect money owed