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
NEMSMA launches initiative to end violence against paramedics
Jeff Clawson, ‘father of emergency medical dispatch’ speaks about the evolution of 911 dispatch and where the industry is headed
Managers are not change agents, and the absence of leadership shows up when something needs to change, improve or be created
EMS providers taught nearly 100 people CPR in a flash mob-style training in Santa Barbara
Conflict is good and necessary, and how we handle conflict determines whether it’s positive or destructive
Agile organizations welcome and reward critical analysis and take action to integrate new and different ideas into planning and employee engagement processes
Read a Q & A with Lundy about EMS on the Hill, leadership and his long career in EMS
Surveys found that public was confused about the meaning of the EMS acronym, thinking it meant emergency management, emergency medicine in hospitals or environmental management services
An effort to bring together the leaders of national EMS membership organizations to build communication, trust and collaboration on issues aims to allow EMS to “speak with one voice”