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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.

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Our co-hosts discuss Cebollero’s recent Forbes article about tips for constructing a leadership development program
Our co-hosts talk about changing the tradition of not allowing EMS providers to get a lunch break and allowing them some downtime within their shift
The city is on track to spend $100,000 on naloxone in 2017, despite a budget of $10,000
EMS providers complaining about lack of education and educators complaining about lack of students is where ignorance and apathy collide
Town officials have launched a strategic planning process designed to optimize emergency services
California legislators need to hear from the state’s 75,000 EMS providers in support of, or opposed to the EMS Workers Bill of Rights
The network will modernize communications with technologies that will help save lives
As the health care and public safety landscapes continue to evolve, the three agencies saw an opportunity to combine resources
Envoy America provides transportation options such as scheduled ambulances or services such as Lyft
United Hatzalah launched a campaign to simplify the registration and transition
Our co-hosts discuss aspects of a recent call regarding an EMS crew removing a patient from an airplane
The severely stressed employees now handle 37 percent more calls than they did in 2011
A disagreement led to a response time of over an hour for a call about chest pain
Officials said the gloves may allow absorption into the person’s tissue, turning the responder into a victim
The North Colorado Medical Center’s volunteer services team raised $44,000 for the vests
Improve productivity, accuracy, compliance and visibility by automating employee scheduling and integration with payroll and other key systems
Our co-hosts applaud a new program that may be setting the standards for other EMS systems to follow
County commissioners proposed a budget that would force a permanent closure of the station
Over the past few years, there has been more awareness about PTSD and its effect on EMS providers
The list factored in opportunity and projected growth
Don’t let bygone policies and procedures prevent evolution in EMS
Officials said too many cases of abuse and neglect are never reported to the proper authorities
Here’s how you can put these messages into action to become part of the EMS 3.0 transformation
Community paramedicine programs are being integrated into our health care system far too slowly to meet the needs of many underserved populations
EMS leaders need to focus on continually improving quality, efficiency and innovation to add value as health care undergoes dramatic changes
An ambulance en route to a call T-boned the woman’s SUV; she suffered a broken pelvis, two broken legs and a traumatic brain injury
Field training officers use the zone of proximal development, a proven educational strategy, to train new EMS professionals
The district’s director and bookkeeper were charged with one count of conspiracy for mail fraud and eight counts of wire fraud
Paddy Ennis, the first paramedic to arrive, said he had to ignore screaming victims for those in more serious condition; the quiet patients
A 911 dispatcher repeatedly instructed him to give CPR even after he voiced concerns that she might have overdosed
The company’s owner is not responding to those claiming they are owed money