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
Opposition to raising assessments, reimbursements or funds for EMS have the potential to doom any EMS organization
Contra Costa Fire Protection District chose to partner with AMR for EMS services over investing in EMS ownership
A positive approach to conflict can improve team synergy, cohesion and idea generation
Ed Gilbertson tells his personal and professional journey from EMT to medic to nurse to director of the MEMS community paramedic program
Mergers, consolidations and acquisitions allow growing EMS organizations to reap the benefits of economies of scale
The 2015 ECC and CPR guidelines provide an evidence-based foundation for requesting grants to improve out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival
Having a great idea is the easy part — getting others to see its potential takes hard work
How do other volunteer organizations in the community leverage their size while still acting and feeling local
Failure is not your enemy, but if you believe it is that is what you will become as an EMS leader