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.
A Forbes Top Futurist with skin in the game calls for EMS to re-examine how it recruits, relates and retains its people in an era of relentless change
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“I’m passionate about my job, but the pace is becoming unmanageable”
A 536-pound bedridden man questions why emergency staff can’t transport him to doctor’s appointments
North Shore Emergency Squad stated that financial and operational demands had become “increasingly insurmountable”
The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners rejected a plan that would change AMR staffing to make up for a paramedic shortfall and reduce response times
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Our cohosts discuss the importance of upholding the greatest standards of ethics and responsibility, even when not in the public eye
A ransomware attack on an Acadian Ambulance server accessed the personal information of millions of patients.
Bluefield officials plan to place EMS, fire and police in a central location for better response times
The Toms River mayor directed dispatchers to stop sending calls to Silverton EMS due to alleged criminal financial irregularities
Authorities found ill and elderly bedridden people on mattresses on the wet floor, some lying in their own waste
Journal of the American Medical Association research studied cash stipends for low-income people in Chelsea, Mass. and found 27% fewer visits
Multnomah County commissioners are expected to decide on a plan to change AMR staffing to one medic and one EMT.
Creating an effective tabletop training exercise for pre-planning MCI response
North Kingsville officials cut the part-time EMS service earlier in July due to funding
Carly Strong and Danielle Thomas dive into people managing in EMS
“Give grace as leaders; we will all need it at some point”
Cambria Community Healthcare District officials say the current station is beyond its useful lifespan
Investigators and experts say despite warnings about the dangers of lying face down, the patient stayed on his stomach for several minutes
The U.S. Secret Service had already worked with Butler Memorial Hospital staff on a response plan years earlier when Donald Trump was president
EMS received a higher budget cut than others because “expenditures have increased at an astronomical rate over the last few years,” an Allegany County administrator said
The North Kingsville Fire Department ended it’s part-time EMS staffing after trial period
Plum EMS is working to get overdose patients who refuse transport to the hospital into treatment programs
Preston County officials are working to expand their EMS area of operations
Decatur Morgan Hospital EMS is appealing a second response time fine since their service started in 2021
Explaining the reason you are unable to cover an open EMT or paramedic shift is unnecessary and counter-productive
League City EMS plans to be carrying whole blood on all of its ambulances in two years
The EMS radio report communicates vital information to help the hospital prepare for the patient’s arrival
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