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.
Three outdated paradigms holding EMS back
EMS leaders and rising leaders respond with concrete steps to improve recruitment, retention, wellness, safety, etc.
Translating data into information, and information into action
D.C. first responders team up to petition for guardianship of one frequent flyer, but that model isn’t scalable
Currently, Iowa does not consider emergency medical services an essential service; rural ambulance are funded with donations
The goal is to improve communication during a disaster and how well the area can handle responding to multiple incidents at once
Officials have fined REACH Air Medical Services nearly $33,000 for refusing orders on where to transport trauma patients
For the former employees, the surprise was a tough pill to swallow.
The new offer guarantees no layoffs in 2014 and 2015; the department will reduce the size of the paramedic class to nine in 2014
A cellphone was used to take pictures to record the exam booklet and was sent to other test-takers
The is the first known attempt in D.C. to seek guardianship for a serial 911 caller
After officials noticed some medication missing, a video camera was used to catch another theft
He is still collecting a city paycheck and is on desk duty for the Dayton Fire Department and drives himself to work
Through multiple protests, supporters have helped in the effort to restore normal operations
While the patient was still in the ER following a panic attack, the firefighter/EMT began contacting her via Facebook
The state association called the coverage gap “a big issue” while identifying significant problems in the EMS management system
Is it time to rethink system design?
The charges stated that from 2007 through 2011, he reported performing “thousands of surgical procedures, often as many as 20 or more in a single day”
Bruce Earl Fowler, 66, is accused of sexually abusing a young girl over a three-year period
Meet the new and returning members, who take office January 1
An 89-year-old man drowned while a worker who took the call did not advise him to try to get out of the sinking SUV, and fumbled the dispatch
The city’s proposal states that in exchange for a reduction in the number of paramedics to be trained, the union will be given assurances that layoffs will not take place in 2014.
The proposed merger would require firefighters to be trained to do the duties of paramedics and vice versa
With passage of the levy, the program will be able to hire two additional full-time positions 24/7 which will include one paramedic and one EMT
The medic was punched repeatedly and thrown across the ambulance before the drunk patient fled
A woman can be seen in the video trying to move the EMT off the cashier who he pinned to the ground
County EMS gets priced out of city’s fire house — after the Bonita (Fla.) fire department lost a legal motion to run EMS services itself
Until the county can find long-term sites, 16 EMTs and paramedics will temporarily relocate
