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
As artificial intelligence advances from simple automation to autonomous systems, EMS agencies must learn how to adopt the technology responsibly without sacrificing accountability, ethics or patient care
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
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception
Use the EMS “Go to Sleep” checklist to see if lack of sleep is making you or your partner dangerous to one another, your patients and the community
Errors in patient care and EMS provider health concerns are raising awareness of the risks of prolonger work hours
Conference presenters explained the pressing threats to rural EMS and health care systems and laid out creative solutions
Research shows sitting is the new smoking and for EMS providers who sit a lot more movement is needed
Being overweight is a threat to our patients, to our health and to our livelihood
The firefighters who assaulted a young woman pursuing her paramedic dream are still at the departments she was dismissed from for reporting the incidents
Coworkers — men and women — bullied and tormented a young paramedic during a difficult period of her life instead of training, mentoring and supporting her
Whether she was bullied or not, Nicole Mittendorff’s suicide should make chiefs and officers take a hard look at their department’s culture