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.
Real-time data, AI-powered insights and improved interoperability are helping EMS agencies reduce fragmentation, enhance situational awareness and improve responder safety
SPOTLIGHT ON AI
Commissioner Lillian Bonsignore on recognizing EMS as an essential service with the funding and career pathways to match
LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS
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
A bold prediction that EMS patient transport to the hospital by ambulance is sure to peak, level off and decline as we near 2020
Address protocols for all the institutions involved across the continuum of care to initiate definitive treatment for STEMI patients
NIOSH line of duty death investigation recommendations for conducting welfare checks are applicable to every EMS agency
A 911 communications center displays a lifesaver ring as a visual reminder of the purposeful work dispatchers do for their communities
Solving a clear challenge, identifying champions and following these implementation steps will make change easier
We need to do more to improve the care and compassion we show to our fire and EMS brethren