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.
Strategies to report and prevent sexual misconduct, so that all employees feel safe at work
Relationships and trust are the foundation of partnerships and contracts
Rutherford County EMS Director Carl Hudgens obtained county commissioner and mayoral support for progressive recruitment strategies
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
When it comes to unpaid ambulance bills for 2008 and 2009, the county is still working on collecting those fees
The main obstacle Priority One faces is finding a local hospital willing to serve as a base station
The panel was established to investigate the organisation’s failure to hit a target to reach 75% of the most serious cases within eight minutes
Proponents of San Rafael’s Measure I on the Nov. 2 ballot have touted the department’s large number of paramedic-certified firefighters and quick emergency response times as reasons to support a proposed paramedic tax increase
The emergency response to the blast was one of the largest responses initiated by San Mateo County
Besides the operational advantages for police and firefighters, there would be quicker call processing and dispatching with all services in one location
The township’s emergency-management coordinator position had been open since March 2009, when former coordinator Philip Stegos died
Remember as an EMT or paramedic that there are always consequences to what you post on social media sites
Since 2004, city figures show paramedic calls have gone up at least 15 per cent
Officials suspended Jonathan Plutnicki from his job as a 911 emergency dispatcher Friday after he was charged with possession and dissemination of child porn
County supervisors are still considering ambulance service proposals from Arizona-based Rural/Metro Corp. and American Medical Response
Under the new ‘clinical response model’ an ambulance will only be called if the paramedic at the scene deems it necessary
Medical Examiner: Even without the delay, paramedics would have been unlikely to save man
Figures from the London Ambulance Service reveal the special cycle crews, set up to respond to emergency calls in heavy traffic, have saved hundreds of thousands of dollars in fuel
Paramedic Simon McRory told the hearing: ‘We could not have got there any quicker’
There were no other vehicles involved, and the ambulance was not in service when the wreck occurred
The county, which contracts with 18 cities and independent fire districts to provide EMS service, faced a shortfall of $9.6 million in the $41.2 million EMS budget for 2010-2011
Southwest MedEvac has been combined with Native Air, another unit of Omniflight Helicopters
Jesse E. Overstreet Jr., 51, had been an emergency medical technician for much of his life and was a dispatcher for the ambulance authority at the time of his arrest
Suit claims paramedic wrongly concluded patient’s condition was anxiety related
Kenneth Berumen replaces James Randy Loflin in overseeing emergency medical care
About 17 percent of visits to U.S. emergency rooms involved conditions that could be treated at medical clinics or urgent care centers
Target response intervals, averages, 90th fractiles, and % TRI compliance in EMS systems
Some residents are resisting the idea; cell calls don’t always automatically provide the caller’s location
Official: ‘By not having a second ambulance, we missed out on approximately 40 ambulance calls last year’
A Lower Burrell paramedic will stand trial on charges alleging she interfered with police
Taxes would have to increase because Pinellas County commissioners have spent more on EMS (mostly on personnel costs) than they have received in tax money the past year
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