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
Several urban centers such as San Francisco have established sobering centers
Consider this: Stationary EMS units parked inside stations are financially inefficient
Any system can take a few ideas from this study and modify them to address their particular needs
Many EMS providers have converted their “dual paramedic” ambulance configuration to a “1+1"
Your goal is to use this powerful ally to get your message out
Our Facebook community offered a variety of interesting answers: Some say it should be competitive; others think moving forward in EMS field is political game
Our perspective is not always shared by others, with little or no knowledge about we do
Community paramedicine is one sign that we are moving forward
Performing our job is difficult enough without the added fear of being assaulted