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.
Real-time data, AI-powered insights and improved interoperability are helping EMS agencies reduce fragmentation, enhance situational awareness and improve responder safety
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
EMS leader and advocate Raphael Barishansky discusses his EMS career path from a volunteer EMT to the highest levels of state government
Before deciding whether or not to allow firefighters, paramedics and EMTs to carry concealed firearms on duty, give careful thought to these five factors
Enable communications personnel to be the brains of the service and recognize their important quasi-supervisory role
EMS leaders need to add expert perspectives and data to the EpiPen media firestorm with these distinct outcomes in mind
In this week’s episode, our co-hosts tackle the issue of unprofessional behavior in EMS, and how to handle it
Qualitative research project leads to four recommendations for healthier first responders in EMS, police and fire departments
A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
Follow these guidelines to include the goals and activities needed for effective online A&P instruction and student success
As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are important lessons for EMS from the protector of America’s crown jewels