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
Nursing organizations have been battling paramedics for decades, but the turf wars only trivialize shared healthcare goals
Things tend to improve when a competent person with a plan arrives on scene
How do we change this disciplinary paradigm that’s better for our patients and employees?
The key of a successful program is to not only refer frequent 911 callers to social services, but to also check in on their progress
Grady EMS’s special operations team had been ready for this type of transport for years; here’s how it all came together
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Chris and Kelly also talk about why violence against medics should be a felony
Responders are built to help, and we should be asking how we can help our fellow responders, not why do they want special treatment
The spat may mean more taxpayers may now be more aware of how EMS is funded and what the system could provide