As AI tools move quickly from concept to deployment, EMS leaders face practical questions about value, risk and readiness. This series provides clear, applied guidance for chiefs, directors and agency leaders on how to evaluate and implement AI to support clinical care, reduce documentation burden, improve decision-making, streamline operations and simplify workforce management.
At NEMSMA’s leadership conference, Dr. Brent Myers makes the case that waiting for federal guidance is a losing strategy — and local governance is the only path forward.
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Why EMS leaders must break the cycle of overwork, silence and unrealistic expectations
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
The EMS1 Advisory Board reacts to second-degree homicide charges brought against EMT Crystin Keys after a fatal ambulance crash
New cards will protect patient data and will fight fraud and identity theft
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
EMS providers complaining about lack of education and educators complaining about lack of students is where ignorance and apathy collide
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
Our co-hosts discuss aspects of a recent call regarding an EMS crew removing a patient from an airplane
Our co-hosts applaud a new program that may be setting the standards for other EMS systems to follow
Over the past few years, there has been more awareness about PTSD and its effect on EMS providers
Don’t let bygone policies and procedures prevent evolution in EMS