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.
As artificial intelligence advances from simple automation to autonomous systems, EMS agencies must learn how to adopt the technology responsibly without sacrificing accountability, ethics or patient care
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
At NEMSMA’s leadership conference, Dr. Brent Myers makes the case that waiting for federal guidance is a losing strategy — and local governance is the only path forward.
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
Discover practical strategies for public safety leaders to stay grounded, manage stress and inspire their teams during life’s toughest challenges
Insights, challenges and future directions: Highlighting the most compelling discussions that shaped EMS this year
Two chiefs resign in under a year, prompting scrutiny over burnout, organizational challenges and leadership fit
Move out of your “echo chamber” to reach a broader audience when advocating for EMS
There are great EMS employers out there, but finding them takes time, and the willingness to take risks on the unknown
Understanding the Employee Value Proposition is the key to attracting, engaging and retaining good people for your EMS organization
Protecting yourself from verbal abuse from a patient is one thing, but what if it’s coming from someone who is supposed to be your support network?
How clinical variation, management visibility and unintentional overtime impact provider fatigue, depersonalization
Assistant Chief Joel Koehn on servant leadership, empowering his team and focusing on organizational culture