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.
Supervisors want to be understanding of their employees’ concerns, but there is always work to be done and goals to be met. However, those two objectives need not be mutually exclusive
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Too often, the “best” paramedic is promoted to supervisor without training in the knowledge, skills and abilities they need to be successful leaders
Strategies to report and prevent sexual misconduct, so that all employees feel safe at work
Officials say long waits for patient care at hospitals — reported in some cases to be 20 hours — is reducing the effectiveness of paramedics
San Rafael’s Measure I would boost the existing tax up to $23 annually to a maximum of $108 per residence
Responders said the impact of not having an EMS transport fee is potential layoffs
The issue has pitted career responders against volunteers and even led to a court ruling
Pamela Boe publicly supported ambulance fees
City Councilman Kenneth Stokes has threatened to reverse the AMR contract if the company doesn’t send its workers into violent crime scenes, even before police arrive
Contract negotiations over South Metro’s ambulance transportation have hit a snag, with HealthEast making a demand that would be tough for the fire department to meet
Being tired while at work is nothing new to EMS. But is it putting your life, and others in danger?
Brian Miller was found guilty of getting high on Entonox - a mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen which is used by moms during labor
The news ends fears that the historic facility would close, forcing officials to call helicopters or use other means to get sick and injured people over the mountains and to a hospital
Paramedic Jameson Johnson said he would’ve been on duty at the time Ricky Tankersley went into cardiac arrest had he still been employed
The case of a firefighter taking graphic cell phone video of a fatal crash highlights issues for EMS
Under the measure, county residents insurance companies would be charged between $300 and $800 per ambulance ride
County officials have paid $58,500 so far to consultants to conduct study that hasn’t been delivered
Change slow because fire and EMS issues have been politicized rather than dealt with responsibly
The switch to Rural Metro could provide better service in Santa Clara County at lower cost to patients
Allegedly 22 union paramedics and emergency medical technicians have been working for 10 months without a contract with Munhall Area Prehospital Services
Investigating police force said it had no record of ever having received the document relating to the death of Dr. David Kelly
Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Association, said the legislation gives too much freedom to ambulance companies
The former Davidson County EMS director arrested Friday on charges of embezzling is accused of taking more than $15,000 from the Thomasville Rescue Squad over five years
The consulting firm Solutions for Local Government will spend from 10 to 12 weeks reviewing the county’s EMS system and volunteer squads
Currently, Sunnyvale is the only city in the county without in-house first response paramedic services; contracted paramedics are the only first responders in the city
The Philadelphia mayor says their decisions are in keeping with efforts by paramedics to be held to a different overtime standard than firefighters are
A new report calls on the White House to develop a national strategy on children and disasters
The study — issued by a range of groups in the scientific, firefighting, EMS and public-safety communities — shows “substantial differences” associated with first responder crew size
The vote would let city council approve an annual increase to the current parcel tax funding paramedic services equal to the Consumer Price Index
City Council unanimously agreed the city is ‘moving in the right direction’ by signing on a second city to use its new dispatch services
Chief Tim Holman outlined how agencies can improve performance and become more effective through a range of measures
Captain and paramedic Steve LeCroy tells EMS Expo attendees facts they may not know about the April verdict
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