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.
What to monitor, how to track it and how to make meaningful improvements
Contact your representatives about the proposed EMS Staffing and Support Act
Providing our middle managers the mentorship, resources and tools to lead well is paramount to the future of EMS
County officials urge supervisors to consider alternatives to AMR contract renewal
County looking for solutions; offering overtime to employees in meantime
Survey lists most tiring and most rested professions
During the raid agents went into the offices and collected files, photos and equipment
Lawsuit claims discrimination for being a Christian and retaliation for complaining
Several urban centers such as San Francisco have established sobering centers
Getting the most from your medical director is largely up to you — probably more than you realize
Believe they can provide better service at less cost
Investigation is under way into claims on-duty firefighter, hospital staffer had sex inside ambulance parked outside Kent hospital
Consider this: Stationary EMS units parked inside stations are financially inefficient
The city’s Long-Range Financial Management Task Force was created by City Council
Any system can take a few ideas from this study and modify them to address their particular needs
During a routine inspection of ambulances Sunday, officials found vials missing from one of the vehicles
Group is proposing to do away with 1 of 2 paramedics currently on ambulances, adding basic EMT
Many EMS providers have converted their “dual paramedic” ambulance configuration to a “1+1"
A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed with the Ambulance Association of Pa.
Your goal is to use this powerful ally to get your message out
Improvement seen in most categories of fire calls; rare technical rescues, hazmat situations fall short of goal
Association claimed the insurers conspired in a racketeering scheme to force them into discounts
Paperwork errors cited in state agency
Department placed new ambulance in service in a busy, high-crime neighborhood, added specialized rescue unit in another
Fire chief reorganized how emergency medical services trucks operate from city’s firehouses rather than find more money in budget
Our Facebook community offered a variety of interesting answers: Some say it should be competitive; others think moving forward in EMS field is political game
Our perspective is not always shared by others, with little or no knowledge about we do
Fees for residents will increase from $450 to $525; nonresident fees will go up from $550 to $750
Agency could potentially free up ambulances being used in nonemergency situations
Community paramedicine is one sign that we are moving forward
Moline eliminated 26 jobs between 2007 and 2011, has eliminated 13 positions in 2012 budget, including 12 paramedics, because of pension cost
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