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
Chris and Kelly also talk about situational awareness in light of recent events that continue to put paramedics and EMTs in danger
The hard-and-fast rules of scene safety need to be reconsidered in active-shooter incidents where victims need immediate treatment
He brings more than 25 years of fire and EMS experience to the firm
Chris and Kelly also talk about a Texas EMS agency that’s pushing back on fire-based service
Sending a medic to the scene without the ability to transport is a creative way to maximize resources, but unnecessary in a wealthy urban area that could afford a career system
Chris and Kelly also talk about the 911 dispatcher who has come under fire for her brusque replies to a woman who called to report a rape
The events we experienced early in our career can now help us empathize with those going through similar situations
Sure, more patients may receive ALS care faster with more medics, but are those patients better off if BLS providers are no longer proficient in actively assessing and treating patients?
EMS must either master all of health care, or carve a niche to gain professional recognition and financial stability