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.
From NEMSAC fallout to WHO recognition, Kupas unpacks the moments that defined his presidency — and previews how the annual meeting will push EMS forward
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
From suspended Medicare funding to unchecked artificial intelligence, unpacking the issues threatening the system
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
The deaths of fire, law enforcement, corrections and EMS leaders and personnel will have a decades-long impact on department operations, safety and capability
Operation Warp Speed – boldly going where no mass inoculation has gone before
Learn more about optimizing EMS efficiency through dynamic deployment models
Words of wisdom to help avoid those common pitfalls of taking on a leadership role, aka entering the ‘minefield’
Zero takers for a $20k sign-on bonus and $25/hour points to underlying recruitment challenges beyond wages and benefits
Despite extensive research finding lights and siren use makes little difference in patient outcomes, and in fact causes harm to patients, providers and the public, too many continue to respond hot
4 ways to weed toxic leaders out of your EMS agency and how to cope if your boss is one of them
Instead of giving stock to its executive team, Ambulnz gave it to its frontline responders, and paired it with a novel push-to-request dispatch system
4 hard-won lessons in preparing for natural disaster recovery from a medic who weathered Hurricane Laura