International EMS Spotlight
In this series in the EMS One-Stop Podcast, our host, Rob Lawrence, puts the spotlight on international EMS, interviewing EMS leaders across the globe on how their systems are operated, the challenges they face and the successes they have had.
Rob Lawrence has been a leader in civilian and military EMS for over a quarter of a century. He is currently the director of strategic implementation for PRO EMS and its educational arm, Prodigy EMS, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and part-time executive director of the California Ambulance Association.
“Instead of responding to the majority of 999 calls we receive every day, we want to flip that so we only go to those patients who really, really need a double staffed paramedic emergency ambulance quickly.”
Current challenges, issues and solutions common to both U.S. and Australia EMS, including hospital handovers and lights and siren responses
This EMS One-Stop international edition features Steinar Olsen, director for EMS and national preparedness in the Norwegian Directorate of Health
