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.
Leaders discuss operational survival in the face of EMS challenges
As the state continues to grapple with an EMS shortage, college programs are exploring ways to expand and enhance the state’s pool of first responders
Edward J. Gabriel will present on subject of “EMS, Emergency and Disaster Response in the Changing World of Health Care”
Jeff Gaglio said he was trying to keep an old man warm after he was displaced from his burning home
Trainees learn how to recognize the signs and symptoms of overdoes and how to properly adminster Naloxone
A city audit found that ambulance response times are up to a minute slower than last year
City officials are proposing that paramedics combine responsibilities with firefighters
Community Paramedicine will send paramedics to visit frequent 911 callers to assess why they call so often
External GPS modem installed in each vehicle will have more reliable AT&T air cards rather than T-Mobile cards that proved to be too unreliable
Medics are saying no to overtime shifts to highlight city’s need for more EMS workers
At issue is a union contract that prevents firefighters from performing rescues, say city officials
William Chamberlain took pictures of an unsuspecting fellow paramedic who was showering at an ambulance station
Chief Kim Dickerson’s resignation comes one week after being placed on administrative leave
Data shows 65 percent of ambulance transports wait more than half an hour for a bed
“Banshee” hopes to unite EMTs and paramedics and fight for fairer wages
The 66-year-old woman was allegedly not secured to her seat in the ambulance and was injured while riding in the vehicle
The family believes that if proper care was given to Joanne Rodriguez, she’d still be alive
Mayor: AMR is looking to sell off contracts to reel in costs that have left company in deep monetary hole
A paramedic only gave the girl’s parents Tamiflu
Officials are also now offering free health screenings to those potentially infected by a paramedic who tampered with painkillers
Some 2,200 facilities will be hit with penalties averaging around $125,000
Now city officials are vowing to close a dangerous law loophole that allowed the locksmith to sell those keys legally
A federal judge will preside over four days of public hearings focusing on the plan to end discrimination in FDNY’s hiring process
The paramedic reportedly tampered with powerful painkillers and sedatives and administered them to patients
Attorney for Metro 911 Center said records indicate there was no misappropriation of funds
Board agreed to find out if charter and Sunshine Laws were violated when county’s Medstar program was suspended last month
Managers have sweeping authority to cut spending, sell assets, tear up contracts without approval of elected officials
The ambulance became unnecessary when EMS received two new vehicles
Hampton County EMS argues that the EMT involved in the accident is shielded by law
Medics were allegedly stopped from going straight away when boss told them to take their statutory 20-minute break
Paramedic Jason Ausman says he could no longer ‘stand by’ while his superiors lied in the controversial Medstar pilots case
They claim medics forcibly injected their son with a sedative and kicked him as he lay “completely unresponsive”
