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.
Surface the top talent your agency should develop with a focus on professional development and recognition
Five steps to using forecast data to determine par levels and a structured framework for managing EMS medical supply inventory
Boston-based Cataldo Ambulance’s Ron Quaranto discusses leading a large EMS organization through the pandemic, recruitment and retention, and vaccine mandates
In EMS, lives and livelihoods are saved and broken based on the simple difference between what is said and what is intended
Paramedic was injured when exiting an emergency vehicle and a driver collided into the ambulance
Regional response service could cover 150 square miles
Mount Prospect village board approved the contract extension that did not include raises
A system exists where the families, doctors or patients themselves in care homes can sign a declaration saying if a patient is dying they should not be resuscitated
The reduction represents almost a fifth of the service’s 5,000 staff and will fuel the controversy over the Government’s controversial health reforms
Gary Smiley says he was stripped of elite assignments after complaining that his wages were improperly withheld
The cost for ambulance service for basic runs would go from $330 to $400, while advanced life support ambulance runs would go from $550 to $600
Front line emergency service crews are entitled to the payment if they say they don’t mind being disturbed
The agency is running about 13 percent over the amount allotted to cover fuel costs so far this fiscal year
Claims against the city and county EMS to go back to state court
Officials in Memphis say using the smaller ARVs would save on fuel and maintenance costs without hampering response times
The York County Commissioners approved a contract to rent six billboards throughout the county for $2,000
Original intent of the fund was to corral revenue generated through use of the town’s Advanced Life Support service and use that money to purchase an ambulance
An eight-member task force was established and charged with rolling forward what has become a thorny issue in the small town
Most of those waiting patients are suffering from serious health conditions rated as urgent, although not critical
For years, Germantown has wanted to start its own city service similar to what Memphis and Bartlett Fire Departments provide
The city’s EMS system needs an estimated $10 million over the next 20 years to address the challenges of an aging population and increased call volumes
For non life-threatening calls, services will not be measured simply on time alone, but on how they treat patients and the outcomes of the treatment
The members had to come up with a way to make up for the loss of $262,000 from the Fox River and Countryside district
Rural/Metro Corp., the provider of ambulance and private fire services in 20 states was bought for $438 million
The positions will be lost as part of cuts affecting about 3,400 staff at the London Ambulance Service
A report has predicted the ambulance service is “unlikely” to hit its annual government target to respond to 75% of life-threatening calls
AMR suspended for 30 days for providing medical services it was not authorized to provide
A firefighter/EMT in Sugarcreek starts at $8.85 an hour, while the average for other departments around the area is $10.57 an hour
In January and February, it took paramedics 67 minutes on average to transfer a patient into the care of hospital staff
