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.
Paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders need to set shift length based on call demand, available personnel, equipment supply and time on task
Exploring how data informs change, improves clinical outcomes and drives leadership decisions
Eliminate bias and develop a program that provides optimal clinical, operational and financial performance
Manually calculating hours worked, tracking PTO requests and verifying daily schedule questions is time consuming, and vulnerable to human error
Hiring more paramedics to staff engines in rural and suburban areas is one of two recommendations made by jurors following an investigation into emergency medical services provided by the county
Jay Fitch shares what to expect at this year’s leadership forum, from ET3 to practitioner health and safety, to the biggest controversies in EMS
Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS lost 12 experienced employees this week following the announcement that no changes in fire leadership were going to take place
Our co-hosts record live at the Initial Assessment Conference and discuss EMS education and leadership issues, as well as take questions from the audience
Century Ambulance left the county around December due to the costs associated with hurricane recovery and the loss of employees
Ambulance operators, both private and public, are backing a bill that seeks $3.3 million in state funding a year
The tipping point that led to the resignations was the way fire leadership handled the hiring and firing of former firefighter Steve Schaefer and investigation into the department that followed.
The squad is now at a critical point and has had to withdraw money from its savings account to keep operating
Leland Fire/Rescue was formed as an all-volunteer organization in 1968 and has provided some manner of EMS
Establish a concrete but flexible mission and communicate the vision with EMS providers and the community to chart a course for success
EMS leaders triage improvement projects, remove roadblocks and celebrate well-executed projects
Focus on front-line operations, structured scalability and agency-specific enhancements
Unions representing fire, police and paramedics have complained for years about problems at stations, including sinkholes, leaking roofs and sewage backups
“To put it in perspective (the EMS budget) is more than we spend on the state attorney’s office, the airport and election office and tax office combined”
Here are five ways EMS is leading the way and doing more to prevent death by suicide
Pelican’s newest lightweight and durable case is built specifically for EMS and fire needs
“That guy” policies are top candidates to remove from your EMS employee manual or student handbook
A drop in the number of volunteers has resulted in squads having to pay EMTs, but the pay rates and lack of fringe benefits have not kept shifts filled
The Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District in Beulah received a significant upgrade to its response capabilities in the form of a new station
Paramedic Field Chief Patrick Fitzmaurice said the added ambulances were a “Band-Aid on a wound that needed a tourniquet”
Though Oak Park did not need to call upon a mobile stroke unit in 2018, trustees approved an extension to its agreement with Rush University Medical Center
Officials will be asked to resolve a dispute over how thousands of dollars in state funds are distributed to support the volunteer fire and EMS personnel
First responders said Tiffany Kieschnick-Rivas would not be alive if she had not received a whole-blood transfusion when they arrived on scene
Randolph County EMS Chief Donovan Davis said 24-hour shifts are affecting the recruitment and retention of first responders
By a unanimous vote, a jury voted to grant an occupational permit to MedExpress giving them the authority to operate within Vernon Parish
Based on revenue from 1,200 calls annually, the Topton Community Ambulance Service is losing about $150,000 a year
The Park Ridge Fire Department responded to 5,187 calls in 2018, 3,156 of which were EMS calls
A new DC Fire and EMS policy allows EMS providers to refer some non-emergent patients to a clinic instead of taking them to a hospital
The online training is designed to educate EMS and healthcare providers on issues facing the transgender community and how to adequately care for individuals
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