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
Jack Stout received the Pinnacle Lifetime Achievement Award for his pioneering EMS management concepts that continue to resonate
Don’t become a result in a simple Google search that uncovers multiple examples of responders being suspended, fired, and sued for postings on social media
Fort Worth, Winnipeg, San Diego and McKinney provide very different programs, but they all successfully use mobile healthcare to address patient needs specific to their communities
If one individual with very few resources can still provide service, surely our First-World problems can be dealt with
I’ll root for Cleveland sports teams until the day I die, but EMS agencies don’t always inspire the same public loyalty
There are plenty of options for a proactive agency to explore, evaluate and implement
San Francisco’s EMS system is broken; as is often the case in medicine, treating the symptom won’t fix the underlying problem
Solar-capturing technology has made it easier to keep ambulances and fire trucks fully charged without leaving them running, and saves money
Turning a blind eye to cyber threats puts first responders and civilians at risk; here are two ways to stave it off.