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.
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Closing out the year with a rapid-fire look at what frontline providers are really saying — from spinal immobilization, to swiping through microlearning
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
Command presence is well-suited to leading teams in emergency situations, but much of health care requires collaboration among experts
Jay Fitch presents transformation opportunities that will require bold leadership, ethical decisions and accountable actions
Experienced leaders of U.S.-based community paramedic programs answered questions about the current state and future of community paramedicine
Stroke patient assessment, care and transport are focus of the first four EMS Compass measures
The disruptive forces of changing reimbursement models, technology and quality initiatives will change how EMS is delivered and funded
What are the immediate hazard assessment and incident management tasks for the EMS crew that witnesses this incident?
Effective training will ensure you and your field personnel are ready to implement the new patient treatment protocols
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