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.
Parallel findings in EMS survey data elevate leadership and career advancement as essential to employee engagement
Hear from live liver donor Will Lindbergh, whose selfless act inspired a charity to encourage first responders to participate in organ donation
You wouldn’t make cookies with just a fraction of the ingredients, why would you make decisions without all the data?
Township manager notified Rescue 14 this month that Hempfield will stop paying for gasoline and tires for ambulances
From 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. every night, Dudley ambulance needs are to be answered by two volunteer on-call medics
New system places pateints in categories based on their emergency needs
The ambulance services together cover 27 Allegheny County towns and spend more than $7 million annually
Officials found the town supervisor and Town Board had allowed the squad to largely oversee the ambulance in violation of their contract
There has never really been a consensus about a general term to call EMS providers
A consultant says the city could bring in millions by breaking away from the county EMS system
New London Hospital is asking for additional money from many of the towns it serves to help run ambulance services
The paramedic who saved the life of the most seriously injured survivor of the London 7/7 attacks has criticised his bosses’ failure to send more ambulances
‘Police, fire and schools. These are agencies that haven’t traditionally been on the table’ says council member Michael A. Brown
In New Hampshire, state authorities have identified 81 EMTs believed to have been falsely re-certified by Leo Nault
Officials warn that the battle among the three ambulance companies vying for the county contract will likely get ugly
South Metro provides immediate care and possible transport while HealthEast coordinates who transports the patient and handles the most serious cases
Leo Nault was indicted by a grand jury for offering 16 refresher courses between 2006 and 2009 that he allegedly occasionally didn’t teach at all
Paramedics say they are being singled out after talking with journalists
Learn about the recent guideline changes and find out what caused debate among atendees
She allegedly stopped an ambulance from driving onto the school’s track to reach a 14-year-old who suffered a concussion during a football game
The practice, known as ‘ramping’ means paramedics are tied up at hospitals and not able to respond to calls
Janine Owen admitted using Entonox — best known as a painkiller used by women during childbirth — when she was confronted by health bosses
The boss of the Great North Air Ambulance has said he was shocked by an incident in which a man was hit on the head when an object fell out of one of its helicopters
Seventy-five per cent of the most serious calls should be dealt with within eight minutes, according to official targets
The corps served the town for 39 years before it was suspended in February for health and safety violations
As part of the new plan, the city is lining up contractors and equipment to help during major storms
Woman was was diagnosed with a possible ectopic pregnancy but the coroner found it took more than four hours before she was eventually airlifted to a hospital
Gov. Deval Patrick blocked a proposal in a spending bill that would have required insurers to send unnegotiated payments for ambulance services directly to the companies
The negotiations come at a time when the city is struggling to find money to boost its foundering pension funds
A paramedic criticized her boss on Facebook when he asked her to respond to a customer complaint
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