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
Is it occupational discrimination to exclude private EMS providers from LODD benefits?
True loyalty is pushing for improvement, rather than accepting substandard patient care from your peers and co-workers
Memphis is looking at data-driven backing for community paramedicine or even a public-shaming campaign to rein in costs
An injured responder becomes a liability on scene, requiring more resources for treatment and transport and delaying treatment to the initial patient
We laugh about our own fatigue-related episodes, but such gallows humor belittles the real issue that lies beneath
Fire Chief Gary Ludwig will discuss the critical role fire departments play in the fast-changing health care system at Fire-Rescue Med conference in May
Expand your knowledge of EMS care beyond rote memorization and you’ll soon realize that you are rarely withholding care
For every action in EMS there are consequences — sometimes positive and sometimes negative — but sometimes you do what you gotta do
Transport is a field-care intervention that has to be delivered at the appropriate time, to the appropriate patient in the appropriate transport unit