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.
EMS on the Hill has concluded but the lobbying must continue
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EMS will only ever be as good as you make it; if you remain silent, you forfeit the right to complain when it crumbles around you
The employee was fired, and there’s an ongoing police investigation into voyeurism in the area
The county has proposed cutting about $2.3 million over the next three years, freezing payments to 18 fire departments and eventually caping EMS budget increases
Boston EMS Incident Commander Neil P. Blackington shares his strategy and lessons learned from the blaze that killed two firefighters
All three local services are adding staff and vehicles to combat extended travel times after an area hospital shut down
Employees showed up for work in the morning and were told they no longer have jobs
Since Colorado Springs left the agency to form its own contract, county officials have been scrambling to maintain services
The Australian had bleeding in his brain, a fractured neck, broken ribs, a fractured eye socket and a broken nose.
Whether you own one ambulance or 1,000, EMS agencies should aim for high quality while using the least amount of resources
Having a good system can help reduce costs, improve EMS morale and lead to better patient care
Depending on the collection rate, the city could lose $364,000 or earn $15,000 per year if run by the fire department
Commissioners don’t know how much funding has been left uncollected due to prior a computer software billing system used for the county’s ambulance service
The paramedic reportedly confessed that not only did he steal a dozen hydrocodone pills from a home, but he ingested them on the clock as well
If there are ways to increase the effectiveness of system operations, throwing more ambulances at the problem isn’t necessarily the fix.
A city-issued memo instructs them to “avoid terminology like we have no ALS ambulances available”
Rumors spread that he authorized an MCI vehicle to shuttle guests to and from a fire chief’s wedding
A single outburst can destroy your credibility and ruin your ability to lead, so learn to stay in control
The city department is asking for an additional $75K to hire more staff
Defunct DEMSI owes its employees a total of $48K, and a court ruled they will receive the past-due wages
The city would either sue the county or form its own system after a four-year struggle to rein in county costs
Changes to license requirements mandates agencies develop 24-hour, 7-day-per-week plans for who will respond, even if it is another company
About 80 percent of the calls are medical, and rebranding the department to reflect that can break down artificial barriers between EMS and fire, a city-hired firm said
A decision to change the EMS system must be done in a deliberate way
The chief pleaded guilty to stealing nine small vials of Diazepam after he was caught on camera taking the drugs from an ambulance
The error cost the city $336K/year and benefited about 110 firefighters and EMTs; many feel the adjustment will serve as a de facto pay cut
Crews had no idea where to go because their radios were incompatible
City officials argued that integration is vital to save money and improve the response time and efficiency of rescue services
The state says the council must reconsider the decision, which failed to consider the “economy, efficiency and benefit to public welfare”
The ambulance service achieved its re-accreditation this week
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