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
D.C. first responders team up to petition for guardianship of one frequent flyer, but that model isn’t scalable
Is it time to rethink system design?
Meet the new and returning members, who take office January 1
County EMS gets priced out of city’s fire house — after the Bonita (Fla.) fire department lost a legal motion to run EMS services itself
Is it time to consider professional licensure through state medical boards rather than a separate EMT office?
Those who paid their debt should have a chance to serve with honor, but can the public trust such a person to enter their homes during an emergency call?
Legendary teacher and paramedic is survived by wife, 2 daughters
Being alert to “communication ischemia” is like watching a heart attack evolve; sometimes it’s dramatic, but more often, seemingly insignificant warning signs occur
DC service is broken, but sometimes you have to break things to reset them