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.
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SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Innovation requires redesigned workflows, accountability and operations
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
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.
From NEMSAC fallout to WHO recognition, Kupas unpacks the moments that defined his presidency — and previews how the annual meeting will push EMS forward
Closing out the year with a rapid-fire look at what frontline providers are really saying — from spinal immobilization, to swiping through microlearning
From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system
How Dr. Shannon Gollnick wants EMS to work smarter, not harder
From wearables to voice assistants, a new wave of device-initiated calls is changing how dispatchers respond — and why better tech and training are crucial now
From billing to bedside, a no-pitch panel of EMS leaders debated what’s next for AI in EMS — and who decides
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
The “Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge” technique is a useful process to convey complex ideas to field personnel, agency leaders and community stakeholders
Among the countless elements of that higher standard is maintaining, not only the perception, but the reality of objective, unbiased care for all in need
Policy questions are coming at the presidential candidates from every direction; here are six questions EMS should want answered
Add electronic response devices and video to lectures and train with simulation to keep learners engaged, stimulate discussion and apply content
Engage students with an active learning process that connects their coursework with real-world events and the profession they are entering
Appeal to our shared purpose to help people when introducing changes in clinical care
Social media comments made in haste and frustration are causing public safety personnel to lose their jobs and the community’s trust
Our co-hosts discuss the two medics who took unauthorized selfies with over 40 unconscious patients
EMS leaders at Pinnacle conference learn how CAD and ePCR data, not naloxone, might be EMS’s greatest contribution to resolving opioid overdose epidemic