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.
“Instead of responding to the majority of 999 calls we receive every day, we want to flip that so we only go to those patients who really, really need a double staffed paramedic emergency ambulance quickly.”
If you’ve seen one community paramedicine program, then you’ve seen one program; here’s how successes from four different programs can be translated to new ones
The whole-system approach to protecting your personnel from violence
Apply leadership actions consistently and regularly to improve the morale in your EMS agency
Very basic first aid skills can be enough to save lives and allow an individual to render care while waiting for trained medical personnel to arrive
With more questions than answers surrounding a Trump presidency, these seven items are likely to be front of mind for EMS providers
An EMS lawyer replies to a California reader’s question about a duty to respond to a still alarm while en route to the hospital for a non-emergency discharge
Officials were at odds regarding the appeal, and some argued the case needed to be decided by a higher court
Our co-hosts discuss the first set of standardized measures to evaluate, benchmark and publicly report the outcomes of EMS-based MIH programs
The decision is the result of a union grievance filed over the removal of a city-run ambulance service in September 2014
These tools create the first set of standardized measures to evaluate, benchmark and publicly report the outcomes of EMS-based MIH programs
The service will begin asking overdose patients for their preferred funeral home should they not survive their next overdose
The council emphasized proper training of EMTs and EMRs for both medication administration and assessment of the patient
The agency reached an agreement a year ago with the Reedsville Volunteer Fire Department to place an ambulance and crew at the fire hall
The current policy limits fire departments from responding to medical calls
By having a volunteer on staff once a week for one 12-hour shift, the town would save $12,000 annually
The nonprofit agency sent out subscription payments to the town they serve, unaware several other towns share the same ZIP code
Advocate for EMS improvement starting with your agency because a rising tide lifts all boats
Officials said the county is growing and having one person supervise both departments is going to be a bigger challenge
EMS director Jim Albright said the county was made aware of the problem via email about 10 days ago by a hacker who identifies security flaws
Brian LaCroix has served as a volunteer firefighter, EMT, paramedic and educator
Train EMS personnel to adopt and follow these important cybersecurity best practices to protect patient data, personnel records and agency hardware
Cybersecurity, a real and credible threat to EMS agencies, is an additional risk for EMS leaders to understand and manage
Improving ePCR systems make it easier to capture, share, monitor and analyze big data for better local and national patient care
EMS leaders promote the importance of a degree, but too few agencies require higher education as part of their hiring practices
The 12 percent increase in fees would be used to purchase 12 ambulances, equipment and the hiring and training of additional staff
The county’s EMS system was used in a study as a model of success in treating patients whose heart attacks were caused by a blocked artery
If you have any of these signs, then it’s time to face the music and accept your destiny to become a paramedic
Here are three proven strategies to deal with good Samaritans who are more preoccupied with making a viral YouTube or Facebook Live video
Saving our lives is far more complex than putting guns in our hands while on duty
If you could start your career over, would you do anything differently?
As EMS technology and service models continue to evolve words, phrases or activities will become tradition
