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.
Embracing smarter, more effective strategies to keep pace with the evidence-based advancements reshaping our profession
More than ever, those on the front lines need to see their work elevated and appreciated
Learn how to level up your leadership without alienating your workforce
The summit will examine how health care leaders are innovating to produce better outcomes, create better patient experience and improve overall value
Paramedics Plus is one of only 24 agencies that maintains CAAS accreditation in California, which has 715 public and private ambulance services
Asking our patients and their families to provide feedback through a formal assessment of patient satisfaction should be a priority of every EMS agency
The implementation of dynamic deployment and how it is different from system status management is explained in this second myth busting primer
The definition of dynamic deployment and its implementation are explained in this mythbusting primer
Inaugural report sets foundation for evaluating changes, trends in the emergency care system, including standards of care, educational requirements and performance indicators
Consider these four emergency mobile command posts vehicle types to see what best fits your needs
When patients do not act in their best interest having them sign a patient refusal form is in your best interest as an EMS professional
EMS leader and advocate Raphael Barishansky discusses his EMS career path from a volunteer EMT to the highest levels of state government
Before deciding whether or not to allow firefighters, paramedics and EMTs to carry concealed firearms on duty, give careful thought to these five factors
Enable communications personnel to be the brains of the service and recognize their important quasi-supervisory role
EMS leaders need to add expert perspectives and data to the EpiPen media firestorm with these distinct outcomes in mind
In this week’s episode, our co-hosts tackle the issue of unprofessional behavior in EMS, and how to handle it
A National Academy of Medicine paper describes best practices for EMS responses to active shooter, bombing and terror attacks
Cypress Creek medics believe the patient would not have made it to the hospital alive without the transfusion
Follow these guidelines to include the goals and activities needed for effective online A&P instruction and student success
Three non-profits and a private service started by volunteer companies operate as one unit, but “this isn’t a merger”
As the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary, there are important lessons for EMS from the protector of America’s crown jewels
Every ground ambulance and helicopter crash has different causal factors, but we must look at system design and safety behaviors to prevent further crashes
Succession planning is useful to develop personnel for all levels of leadership in your EMS agency
David Page, Pinnacle EMS Leadership Award winner, discusses diversity in EMS, why we don’t want to talk about it and what we can do to make things better
Chief: “It’s gotten to the point” where protective vests are necessary
Our co-hosts sit down with EMS1 Editor-in-Chief Greg Friese to discuss this year’s EMS Trend Report
EMS professionals Hunt, Page and Zuschlag were honored for their impact in the EMS service
Among the countless elements of that higher standard is maintaining, not only the perception, but the reality of objective, unbiased care for all in need
Of the 275 bullet-resistant vests ordered, 30 are made of steel plates
Policy questions are coming at the presidential candidates from every direction; here are six questions EMS should want answered
Add electronic response devices and video to lectures and train with simulation to keep learners engaged, stimulate discussion and apply content
Engage students with an active learning process that connects their coursework with real-world events and the profession they are entering
Appeal to our shared purpose to help people when introducing changes in clinical care
