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.
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.
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Why EMS leaders must break the cycle of overwork, silence and unrealistic expectations
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
Here are the top questions medical directors, operation directors and quality assurance directors need to answer before purchasing EMS drugs
Host Ginger Locke offers tips for active listening and asking thoughtful questions
The culture, good or bad, EMS leaders cultivate can make or break an EMS agency
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission draft report has active shooter survival recommendations for EMS, police and school leaders
Our co-hosts continue their discussion with EMS1 columnist and defense attorney David Givot on the impact medical marijuana has in EMS
EMS organizations can benefit from adopting the fire service model of a command structure as part of their response strategy
Embracing conflict can help a fire/EMS organization’s team mature and increase organizational productivity
A data-driven approach can be applied to determine the value of a community paramedic intervention for specific types of frequent EMS transports
Despite the growing pains and staffing shortages, degree requirements will improve EMS in the long-run