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
We have to do a better job promoting ourselves
Keep these communication fundamentals in mind when trying to get the message across to EMS providers, hospital staff, patients and bystanders
Developing superb leadership skills in EMS
There is no doubt that other states to Iowa are experiencing similar issues for similar reasons
Chipping away at the small issues will make solving the big ones easier
When replying to the accusation against me, my first instinct was to scribble a John McClane-esque, “Yippie-ki-yay, motherf**ker,” but instead I penned a more subtle Princess Bride quote: “As you wish”
All we know is the video makes the captain look less than professional
Here’s why you should think before send, post or tweet
Doing the best for the patient may mean changing the EMT’s role