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.
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SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Real-time data, AI-powered insights and improved interoperability are helping EMS agencies reduce fragmentation, enhance situational awareness and improve responder safety
As artificial intelligence advances from simple automation to autonomous systems, EMS agencies must learn how to adopt the technology responsibly without sacrificing accountability, ethics or patient care
Innovation requires redesigned workflows, accountability and operations
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
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.
From NEMSAC fallout to WHO recognition, Kupas unpacks the moments that defined his presidency — and previews how the annual meeting will push EMS forward
Closing out the year with a rapid-fire look at what frontline providers are really saying — from spinal immobilization, to swiping through microlearning
From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system
How Dr. Shannon Gollnick wants EMS to work smarter, not harder
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
In this issue: Cardiac arrest research dominates Eagles conference
Co-host Kelly Grayson and EMS1 columnist and show guest Bob Sullivan debate a BLS vs. ALS system
Co-host Kelly Grayson and EMS1 columnist and show guest Bob Sullivan debate a BLS vs. ALS system
Medical leaders presented studies on when to stop resuscitation efforts, the use of prehospital ultrasound, and how to use gravity to improve cerebral perfusion
Forming a strategic plan for your agency’s future is the easy part; the hard part is getting the people who will carry it out to believe in it as much as you do
Navigate criticism on social media in a way that reflects favorably on your EMS agency
Select an approach to job titles that reflects the issues and needs of modern EMS leaders
Hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson discuss the dogmas of EMS, and the importance of challenging practices that may stand to be corrected
Waiting to complete an electronic patient care report, long after the call, compromises its importance to the patient and the EMS provider