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.
Drs. Tracy Coffey and Ashley Huff discuss geographic inequities and extraordinarily long transports
Why smaller EMS agencies need grant funding, and four programs to look into
Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson tackle paramedics behaving badly, violence, medical errors and the premature end of the ET3 model
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
Gabriel Watson said his job was “constructively terminated;” Portland officials said he was laid off after he blacked out on duty and refused to take a fitness test
EMTs will get $1,500 each and paramedics will get $4,500; NOPD officers will receive $5,000 for every five years they have served and can get other bonuses
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will do the hiring; officials said the partnership would include the use of hospital sites for training and cover liability costs
“Some towns saw a drop of half of their voluntary EMTs,” said Betsy Gara, president of the Connecticut Council of Small Towns
3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey
The governor’s new order may help with staffing and retention, said Fairmount Fire Protection Chief Alan Fletcher
Garry Schmoltze, who was Gilbertsville Ambulance’s chief for the last 12 years, said he was given no reason for his termination
Community Care Ambulance can only transfer patients with heart conditions to Cleveland, leading to a “devastating impact on patients” a labor representative said
“What we see in this career, the calls that we get, can take a toll on somebody’s mental health and wellness,” said Cheshire County Sheriff Eli Rivera
The previous director said someone in that role could work on things such as the firefighter cancer surveillance program, the city’s AED program and workplace safety training
The AJPlus video covers issues such as funding, dangers paramedics and EMTs face, response times and lengthening travel times to hospitals
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