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.
Our cohosts are joined by Jeff Hensley, emergency manager for MedTrust Medical Transport in South Carolina, to discuss the position
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In a recent trial, Colorado’s South Metro Fire Rescue department found prehospital ultrasound had a substantial impact on decision making and patient management
Bernard Shore pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of official misconduct; he will never be certified as an EMT in New York again
REMS will remain on the job after residents rejected a private co. and fought for their hometown rescue squad
The suit says that First Med violated the federal WARN act in not giving advance written notice to employees of Friday’s mass layoffs
The medic was three times over the legal limit for alcohol when he ran a red light and crashed into a pickup truck
Mass layoff ruins Christmas for EMTs and their communities
Only five of the 26 ladder trucks have passed, but some remain on the street
Police say an employee came forward after witnessing the women injecting themselves with morphine at work
Portsmouth Ambulance has already snapped up 25 displaced employees laid off Friday by parent company First Med
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He also faces murder charges in a July crash that killed a woman and her three young sons while drag racing
He was sentenced to 20 days in jail for attacking an EMT and taking control of his vehicle in an effort to get his girlfriend to the hospital for treatment
First Med, which owns LIFE Ambulance and MedCorp, is reportedly “out of money” and abruptly ended services Friday night
REMS said it has overcome slow response times and is now in the black, while residents opposed continuing with a for-profit company
He was charged with secretly using a photographic device to gratify sexual desire
Councilmember Tommy Wells says he’s not convinced the department has a handle on its personnel problems
Bryce Reed cried as he apologized in federal court for collecting a metal pipe and chemicals that could have been used to make an explosive
Barbara Carter, 72, suffered a knee injury and heavy bruising when the gurney she was strapped to broke free as the ambulance rolled over on ice
EMTs were given 90 days to leave by the landlord, but city officials have found no structural deficiencies
Her cause of death was deemed asthma-related; her parents claim the city failed to provide “adequate and sufficient medical care” for their daughter
Voters will be asked whether to increase the town’s dedicated EMS coverage from 12 hours a day, five days a week to 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the first three months of 2014