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.
Ed Racht previews new AHA CPR/ECC guidelines and how lessons from SCA can save lives in overdose, bleeding and drowning — just in time for CASSummit 2025
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
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
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
Simple steps can go a long way toward protecting public safety agencies in an evolving cyber-risk environment
Danielle Thomas and Carly Strong redefine what leadership looks like in EMS
At the EMS Association Summit, National Registry CEO Bill Seifarth and “Code 3" co-writer Patrick Pianezza spotlight partnership, lifelong competence and the power of showing up together.
Annual evaluations don’t break careers — silence does. Without clear, quarterly feedback, confusion replaces growth and courage gets outsourced to paperwork.
The 1–10 rating system sounds objective, but it’s vulnerable to personal bias and apathetic evaluators, while lacking any actionable path for growth
“Maybe I cannot stop which threatens peace. But maybe, for one little moment, I can put others at ease.”
“EMS professionals are watching, not for speeches, but for behavior. They are listening, not just to words, but to tone. They are deciding — quietly — whether their leaders are present, consistent and trustworthy.”
Burnout, distrust and attrition won’t be fixed by more rules. The future of EMS depends on leaders who show up, own failures and advocate for their crews.
During a time of racial tension and social upheaval, the movement helped form the foundations of the pre-hospital care we’re used to today