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.
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In this episode, our co-hosts welcome EMS1 columnist Reuben Farnsworth to discuss his perspective on industry education requirements
Through nearly two years of pandemic, the HEMS industry has been hit hard but proven resilient
Now in his 45th year with the city’s volunteer rescue squads, Bruce W. Edwards leads the largest volunteer-based EMS department in the country
The discussion comes several months after Allenstown firefighters began using a donated ambulance as an uncertified rehabilitation vehicle
Marie Anne Isbell claims she was let go from her job as an EMT technician because her husband, William Isbell, ran against her former boss for sheriff in 2010
The couple — a firefighter and paramedic at the same department — received different punishments
Although we seem to have grown accustomed to instant communication, experts wonder if this inability to “disconnect” will have a negative impact on today’s managers
Man said he was fired for sharing information with news station about hazards inside EMS station
A months-long investigation revealed an EMT instructor and four others allowed dozens of EMTs to become improperly certified
We can recognize our responders and celebrate their victories every day using the tools of social media
Additional training and reviving a shuttered water rescue program, firefighters said, would have helped save drowned man
Man categorized routine ambulance runs for dialysis patients in 2008 as specialty-care transports
Contrary to popular belief, patient care reports are not created for the singular purpose of feeding the voracious appetites of greedy lawyers
Earlier this year, City Manager Jane Brautigam decided to put the city’s expiring contract with Pridemark out for bid for the first time in years
Responders remained on the beach as a passer-by waded into the water and pulled the man’s body to shore
Paramedic allegedly slapped an intoxicated individual in the face while the person was handcuffed in the back seat of a police cruiser
The Horry County Crisis Intervention Team is a peer-driven support group to provide help to responders
The man died on the way to a hospital apparently without the ambulance crew realizing it
The jury found that John Allen Wilson, 49, tampered with numerous vials of morphine and an anti-seizure medicine in American Medical Response ambulances and in a storage safe
A similar project in British Columbia reduced wait times by one-third
One can observe Crew Resource Management techniques in action when a team of experts presents on the topic
Steve Frank Tedesco Jr. — the executive director of the Cranberry ambulance service — allegedly assaulted a sleeping 19-year-old man
Dan Eggleston, Chief of Albemarle, Va., Fire Rescue outlined why fire-based EMS is a good idea for these departments at Fire-Rescue Med 2011
Mobile healthcare aims to reduce waste by preventing over-triage
A ballot for industrial action, including strikes, has already been supported and workers could walk out as early as next week
The Health Professions Council found the paramedic had opened the woman’s legs to expose her thighs and touched her groin
Joel Pierce, 42, was busted on felony rape charges in January 2010 for assaulting a drunken 15-year-old girl
Problems of sex among employees and a “toxic” environment led to firing of top supervisors
Mark Rohlfing said he saw private emergency medical service fall through in Rapid City, S.D., where he was previously fire chief
The state alleges Lifeline Ambulance executives allowed EMTs to sign course rosters without attending the course
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