Paramedic Chief
The news items, feature articles, videos and more you find here are selected specifically with paramedic chiefs and EMS leaders in mind. This content will give those who are charged with running a department or agency the tools, information and insight they need to excel as leaders and managers.
An Alabama recruit school is under investigation after video emerges of a staged EMS response in a bathroom
The patient care report needs to clearly and consistently demonstrate that patients received good patient care
Be thorough, timely and proofread your PCRs to ensure your treatments and professionalism won’t be called into question
The evidence tells us that not using red lights and sirens should be the rule – and using them should be an infrequent exception
Errors in patient care and EMS provider health concerns are raising awareness of the risks of prolonger work hours
City projects earnings of more than $500,000 by providing transports now performed by private ambulance companies
Conference presenters explained the pressing threats to rural EMS and health care systems and laid out creative solutions
Research shows sitting is the new smoking and for EMS providers who sit a lot more movement is needed
Being overweight is a threat to our patients, to our health and to our livelihood
Dallas Fire-Rescue officials are optimistic the community paramedic program revenue will increase as it educates “frequent flyers” and reduces hospital readmissions
The firefighters who assaulted a young woman pursuing her paramedic dream are still at the departments she was dismissed from for reporting the incidents
Coworkers — men and women — bullied and tormented a young paramedic during a difficult period of her life instead of training, mentoring and supporting her
Functional capacity evaluations would be done in pre-employment process and annually to reduce workers compensation claims
The unspecified behaviors, reported through self-policing from within Okaloosa County EMS, are also the subject of a criminal investigation
Whether she was bullied or not, Nicole Mittendorff’s suicide should make chiefs and officers take a hard look at their department’s culture
These concrete actions will help firefighters, paramedics and officers eliminate harassing behavior from their departments
Eradicating harassing behavior toward female firefighters and paramedics will take more than good policy and practice
By triaging patients with mental illness, especially repeat users, the Grady EMS Upstream Crisis Intervention Group provider has improved care, saved significant money and boosted morale
After ten years of the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum, its founder discusses how the challenges and opportunities faced by EMS leaders have changed — and how they haven’t
All personnel need appropriate access to information, forms and schedules from any device which connects to the Internet
Pay for training, regardless of on-duty or off-duty, depends on the requirement and intent of the training course
An EMS agency, facing an applicant shortage, surveyed EMS providers to see if employee-employer compensation expectations matched
Explore the answers with elected and appointed officials so informed decisions can be made about the future of your EMS service
Is your department properly identifying reporting and returning overpayments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?
A new section, response to incidents involving violence, has been added to the tool kit
The long-awaited rule mandates that all health care providers receiving Medicare reimbursement return identified overpayments within 60-days or face Federal False Claims Act liability
Follow these scheduling practices to improve provider morale, patient care and operational efficiency
The Drug Supply Chain Security Act mandates pharmaceutical tracking, tracing and documentation for EMS agencies
The significant funding, workforce and leadership challenges facing rural EMS agencies were discussed at National Rural EMS Conference
The suicide of Nicole Mittendorff causes us to ask the question: What is the impact of bullying on emergency responder mental health and suicide?
Securing data in an EMS environment is critical to avoiding breaches of patient information and triggering mandatory reporting
From eclipsing natural disasters to devastating economic downturns, how will you get back up and running quickly?
