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.
Reframing emergencies, and what constitutes a “good” call is essential to preventing paramedic disillusionment
Our co-hosts are joined by the executive director to discuss what systems will look like in the future, and how we should think about the role of providers
A focus on injury prevention, psychological first aid and financial solvency has big implications for health, happiness and finances
The act was introduced in June 2009
Large organizations cannot depend solely upon a centralized command structure during system-wide events
An employee with the ambulance billing firm is suspected to have stolen Social Security numbers and birthdays of patients
Police were alerted of a missing man through the system
The Pasadena Fire Department says the LA County Fire Department tried to take all the credit for the rescue
Some were concerned that taxpayer money was being used to transport a badger
Setting up a media event to announce your drunk driving prevention effort is actually easier than you’d expect
The process should start with asking three fundamental questions
The boy’s family was initially told that he was being pulled Medi-Cal
The mother had to drive her daughter to the hospital while a paramedic tended to her in the backseat
Union members say Chief Abdo Nahmod mismanaged response to Superstorm Sandy
The Stutsman County Sheriff’s Dept. have the AEDs thanks to a Homeland Security Grant
The medic has been suspended for a year for such things as improperly assessing patients and not logging on for emergency jobs
The report found that several of the company’s practices have upset patients
Bellevue Hospital in NYC is only open for nonemergency walk-in service, and won’t have full service until February
This will be the second strike in November by the San Francisco Bay Area nurses
“For less than $3,000, I could get a round trip ticket to North Carolina to visit my grandchildren”
Medical calls like chest pains or allergic reactions may not be automatically answered by firefighters with the new policy
He alleges he was given dangerous assignments and was threatened with physical violence; the dept. says it is nonsense
As a consultant, I travel across the country and I am fortunate enough to see many different system designs and a multitude of different methods
Organizations in Romania, Sweden, Bulgaria and Spain are also involved in the new project along with the European police organization Europol
Police are being trained on new blood-test limits in Wash. state
A 78-year-old man had to be taken to the hospital after the incident
Current statistics show that sub-nine-minute responses occur only 75% of the time
Redeploying ambulances is but a small token gesture
The FDA wanted to shut down the pharmacy linked to the meningitis outbreak almost a decade ago
Some worry that the new plan will leave calls during the off hours unanswered
Relatives say the man was trying to protect his home with a garden hose; cops say he ignored their orders to move back
EMS1 columnists offer their views on new products, current trends and what the future may hold
The paramedics say they were given the wrong location