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
Having been at the epicenter of an active shooter incident earlier this year, Aurora, Colo. Fire Chief Mike Garcia understands Newtown’s hurt
Systems and electronic assistance can be applied to all medication control processes
Large organizations cannot depend solely upon a centralized command structure during system-wide events
Setting up a media event to announce your drunk driving prevention effort is actually easier than you’d expect
The process should start with asking three fundamental questions
As a consultant, I travel across the country and I am fortunate enough to see many different system designs and a multitude of different methods
Redeploying ambulances is but a small token gesture
EMS1 columnists offer their views on new products, current trends and what the future may hold
Cantebury District Health board, St John NZ and Lightfoot was the overall winner at this year’s Australian Awards for Excellence