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.
From NEMSAC fallout to WHO recognition, Kupas unpacks the moments that defined his presidency — and previews how the annual meeting will push EMS forward
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
The unwritten rules of an EMS agency don’t get written down because they are stupid — and no one is willing to take credit
After three decades as two separate agencies, the merger of Western and Eastern Eagle County Ambulance Districts gave citizens the service they needed and deserved
Pay members if you want to become a paid service, otherwise use these tips to recognize and motivate your EMS volunteers
Drug, alcohol and other addictions impact every family, including our EMS family; we need to know how to respond to and support an addict
It’s critical that EMS teams be comprised of a group of trusted people
Destination protocols should be based on clinically based criteria and not decided by a phone call to a hospital physician
Highly detailed and specific protocols might create better employees but they don’t create better providers
Researchers investigate the capability of bystanders to treat a simulated opioid overdose with intranasal naloxone versus auto-injector naloxone
CMS extends the prior authorization program, through Dec. 1, 2019, to eight states and Washington DC