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
Volunteers have an obligation to move the EMS profession forward by being informed, engaged, and involved
EMS chiefs need to examine the clinical, safety, and economic rationale for medically-stable psych patient interfacility transfers
Inside EMS co-host Kelly Grayson provides information from EMS colleagues who were witnesses at the scene, who say the incident appeared to be a case of excited delirium
Without the right triage training and MCI supplies EMS field personnel are ill prepared to be the masters of disaster
Instead of anguishing about millennials entering the workforce EMS chiefs need to leverage their interests and embrace their aspiration
Honest and early communication is almost always the best way to communicate with EMS employees
The way we have provided emergency medical services in the past will not work in the future
Since we know sick kids are infrequently encountered and cause significant EMS provider apprehension, we have an obligation to improve provider’s preparation
An overview of applicable state or federal legislation and opinions that may impact EMS agencies offering or considering a subscription program