Legislation and Funding
Legislation and funding issues always affect EMS budgets and operations. Use this topic to find out how the latest economic news is affecting EMS.
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson tackle paramedics behaving badly, violence, medical errors and the premature end of the ET3 model
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A guide to enhancing workforce conditions, improving quality of care and shaping the future of the industry
More than 70 people applied, but the enrollment was limited to 25
The measure authorizes the purchase of 3,700 handheld radios for every police officer in Delaware County as well as most fire and EMS personnel
AmbuServe’s Melissa Harris discusses EMS staffing and leadership challenges
The Public Safety Officer Support Act supports first responders who experienced PTSD or died by suicide following exposure to certain traumatic events
The report calls for closer monitoring of payments
The 4-Minute City program is designed to place 300 units across Cumberland County
“We are currently operating with 60 percent of our current staffing,” said New Orleans EMS Director Dr. Meg Marino
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“We’re really proud how this showed the whole system works, from the dispatcher, the firefighters to the bystanders,” said Decatur Fire & Rescue Fire Chief Tracy Thornton
South Texas Emergency Care Foundation officials will be asked about response times; Harlingen commissioners may add a second agency
Rotterdam EMS plans to replace three of its five ambulances and update one of its two stations
The program would require legislative approval and could include $4,000 bonuses to first responders with bachelor’s degrees
Austin’s 911 Mental Health Diversion Program is getting the right resources to mental health crisis and lowering arrest rates
Metro Aviation was ordered to reinstate the Utah pilot and to pay $188,000 in back wages and damages following an OSHA investigation
Union president Mark Barrett said he would like to see the additional funds go toward employee pay and retention
“Financially, we are getting by,” said John Doucette, Gilbertsville Ambulance’s interim chief of operations. “We’re making payroll and paying our bills.”
The search for Decatur’s new agency has been narrowed down to RuralMed EMS, Lakeside EMS, Echo Response EMS and Abbott/AMR EMS
Officials are investigating the delay, and the patient died several hours after the crew was on scene
City administrators in Miami County are concerned about increased staffing and cost issues in EMS and fire operations
Federal money and other resources to fight the virus will be made available
“I definitely am not a racist,” said Shannon Worrell, who led the Lake Waccamaw Fire and Rescue Auxiliary, also defending his remark to a same-sex couple
Shannon Worrell has been accused of expressing racist and homophobic sentiments at a restaurant
The American Ambulance Association has been working to secure a grant program to help EMS agencies hire and retain paramedics and EMTs
The proclamations allow emergency medical personnel to administer vaccines to qualifying individuals
They are certainly worth saving, but EMS needs to stop sounding the alarm and look for internal solutions
Troy Fire Chief Eric McMahon: “This grant will fund the training of firefighters to the level of paramedic. This funding could not have come at a better time”
David Page, MS; Hezedean Smith, DM; and Ayanna Walker, MD, share best practices for evaluating and interpreting prehospital research
In this crossover episode, hosts Rob Lawrence and Chris Cebollero are joined by Bruce Evans, president of NAEMT, to speculate on what’s coming next for the industry
Video: A Pharr EMS ambulance was stolen earlier this month while EMS providers were taking a patient into Mission Hospital
Officials said ambulance costs ran up a $150,000 budget deficit over the past two years, jeopardizing the Boswell Fire Department
Lt. Rich Michelson alleges discrimination, a lack of due process and that a faulty misconduct claim was used to fire him