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.
Can you have transparency without honesty and communication?
In this tip, risk management expert Gordon Graham highlights the essential component needed for effective communication
Processing trauma is more complicated than we think
The paramedic who took the photo of patients said he did so spontaneously, and later sent it to the media to highlight the overcrowding
Officials ruled to allow fire departments to enforce a ‘zero tolerance’ rule against illegal drug use by paramedics and EMTs
The student is among dozens of defendants in paramedic assault cases being charged now as felonies
A Pa. rescue squad says instead of waiting for the entire building to be cleared and secured, EMS should start to move in as areas of the building are deemed safe
He got a $1,400 bill for pathology tests, radiology and an EKG done; he was mixed up with another patient because of a typo
The life-saving fleet travels over 3 million miles a year and requires over 500 oil changes
The residents are speaking out in hopes that the ambulance company will win the bid to be the permanent EMS provider next month
Sheriff Tim Bailey says the Ohio ambulance company’s response times are upwards of an hour and that it is “not acceptable”
A typing error reportedly prevented an ambulance from reaching a toddler who then suffered a fatal heart attack
The raid is part of an ongoing criminal investigation, but employees have not been told the reason for the raid
On one occasion involving a 20-year-old trauma patient with facial injuries, the EMT was “hyper focusing on the female patient’s chest and black lacey bra during his medical assessment”
Because they don’t have enough nearby schools to train EMTs, authorities fear the problem will only get worse
The Dallas paramedicine pilot shows how EMS is evolving — we must change with the times
The suit alleged the company unnecessarily transported patients then billed federal healthcare programs
If the state bids out non-emergency medical transportation, the loss of revenue could prove critical to the operation of some EMS agencies
Lawyers and medical professionals say restraining and transporting coherent people against their will could violate state law
The Mobile Community Healthcare Program will focus on chronically ill people and patients recently discharged from a local hospital
They will be out a job after the town decided to use an outside company for emergency services
They received a 90-day notice from the landlord saying the structure was unsound
It’s a move public officials are increasingly willing to make, but city fire officials warn it can be dangerous
At one point Berkeley Fire had seven fire engines, two ladder trucks, and three ambulances in service, and had to call for mutual aid
Contract with city shows EMS taking the lead toward a more stable work situation
It includes a two percent pay increase beginning in 2014 and marks the first union agreement during the city’s bankruptcy filing
Instead of just the prehospital care they give now, they’ll be doing post-hospital checkups
Officials say staff are increasingly being abused by patients and their familes
Members of Local 4911 voted overwhelmingly Friday to approve the new two-year contract with Rural/Metro
Nothing has indicated any compromise to patient safety following the thefts
Psychiatrists will be stationed in ERs to determine if a patient needs to be admitted or can be released
Out of 1,500 EMTs, 13 percent reported cleaning their hands before patient contact, and 52 percent reported wearing gloves
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