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.
Avoid these mistakes to onboard EMTs who will thrive in EMS, and give their all to your agency
For 2 hours and 43 minutes each day, someone is influencing our providers, and ideally, it should be us
Imagine an EMS future that solve real problems, reflect our passions and welcomes the input of those who will make the future
Thom Dick, a paramedic, caregiver and advocate for patients and providers, discusses his more than 40 years in EMS
Most effective leaders acknowledge their weaknesses, take ownership of their failings and ask for help
Complex and life-dependent systems often fail in their reliance on experience and professionalism alone
Follow a two-pronged approach to developing a social media policy for your EMS agency
Exceptional, effective communication is essential to successful EMS leadership
Colleagues say Sean Chandler served as a role model to the younger paramedics, and because of him “several residents of this city are no doubt alive and well today”
It may be that local communities will need to band together to create regional EMS systems that are supported by a combination of taxes, reimbursement and private pay
When budgets are cut and staff are reduced, there are steps that EMS leaders can take to avoid negative outcomes
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Fire Chief Willie McDonald said the department will respond to more serious emergency calls while AMR responds to less serious calls
The term leadership gets thrown around a lot these days, but what does it really mean in the EMS industry?
EMS Chief Chris Cebollero talks about what his crews encountered in the first minutes on the scene of the Mike Brown shooting in Ferguson, Mo., which led to looting and riots the next day
Although the risk to the U.S. is small, EMS providers should be educated on how to identify symptoms and treat Ebola patients
Todd Stout was surprised with the Pinnacle Leadership Award after his father accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award
From measuring industry progress, to community paramedicine and the decline of ALS, EMS leaders highlight how the industry must adapt
With a little effort, high-level training often associated with special forces can be in reach for EMS agencies
Chris and Kelly also talk about a recent officer-involved shooting in Ferguson, Mo. that resulted in the fatality of a teenager
Fire Chief Rick White put all three firefighters who responded, as well as an EMT, a medic and an EMS district chief on administrative leave
How do we change this disciplinary paradigm that’s better for our patients and employees?
Grady EMS’s special operations team had been ready for this type of transport for years; here’s how it all came together
Howard R. “Butch” Leonhard Jr. had been serving as acting chief since 2012, and was hired permanently
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Chris and Kelly also talk about why violence against medics should be a felony
The vaccines now under development are not the same type of experimental drug that was given to a pair of American aid workers infected in Liberia and brought into the U.S.
The expertise needed to interact both verbally and non-verbally through gestures, body language and appearance is a hallmark of a great leader
Chris and Kelly also talk about the lack of funding for a community paramedicine program in Corpus Christi, Texas
The battle began in 2009 when the formula used to calculate overtime pay was found to violate state laws
The city is looking for nearly double the subsidy for its ambulance service; the county won’t pay the increase
