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.
Finding the opportunity in perception discrepancies, underutilized wellness programs and leadership shortfalls
Incorporating real-time and body-worn camera footage into emergency preparedness, training and response
Cody Byrnes shared how his ultimate purpose fueled his recovery from serious burn injuries to continue delivering hope to others
Approaching every scene with calmness, compassion, command presence and code choreography leads to better patient care
Increased economic pressure on hospitals provides the opportunity to reconfigure the role of EMS within an integrated health care system
Officials are urging residents to prepare as they would a major storm — with plenty of food, water and medicine in case they’re unable to leave home for several days
The money would compensate volunteers for the hours of initial and on-going training required to maintain certification
Because of the flexibility in protocols, paramedics must take full responsibility for that authority
CarePoint and partner McCabe Ambulance lost out to Jersey City Medical Center - Barnabas Health
The center replaces a 50-year-old building and places volunteer and county EMS under one roof
With an understaffed EMS crew and outdated medical equipment, the city is in need of more funding
A Philadelphia-based ambulance company allegedly paid up to $500 a month for the passengers to use their service
A NASEMSO initiative to develop EMS performance measures can lead to increased funding and improved patient outcomes
In addition to 64 months in prison, she is to pay over $2M in restitution
He cites 41 instances of patients being charged for transport in an ALS ambulance without a medic on board
Transporting these patients to specialty centers is the best way to safely manage this virus, and companies are already able to do this
This marks the second accusation rallied against the service since 2013
As part of the agreement, she will resign from the fire department as of Nov. 15; neither she or city officials have admitted wrongdoing
NASEMSO and the NHTSA launched a two-year project that will engage experts across the health care industry to help improve EMS management and clinical care
Officials said dispatchers worked manually during the outage and sent out emergency crews by radio
Non-emergency calls left one patient with a broken ankle and back injury suffering for 30 minutes
Controversy erupted over a move from full-time to part-time staffing
The problem is not the high number of family members hired by a department, but the department’s lack of leadership in finding out why
The updates provide more information for responding to patients with Ebola symptoms, and list specific PPE that EMS agencies should have on hand
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson take the issue further, digging into problems with unnecessary oversight, and practical uses in telemedicine
Failure to respond to calls and lack of staffing led the county to halt operations
New data will help increase accountability, improve decision-making and lead to better allocation of personnel and equipment
