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Treating and transporting a bariatric patient can require coordination with outside agencies, as well as specialized lifting and monitoring equipment. Bariatric patients have the right to expect professional and timely emergency care, with consideration given to their unique assessment challenges, and providers have the obligation to deliver such care without risking their own health.

Learn more in this EMS1 Special Coverage series, “Bridging the gap in bariatric patient care: Pathophysiology, assessment and transport solutions.”

In the Elements of Leadership video series, EMS leader and Inside EMS podcast host Chris Cebollero shares the lessons he’s learned to help you become a better manager and servant leader - to help your personnel improve operations, grow as providers and to thrive.

Chris Cebollero is a nationally recognized Emergency Medical Services leader, best selling author, and advocate. Chris is a member of the Forbes Coaching Council and available for speaking, coaching and mentoring. Currently Chris is the president/CEO for Cebollero & Associates, a medical consulting firm, assisting organizations in meeting the challenges of tomorrow. Cebollero is a member of the EMS1 Editorial Advisory Board. Follow Chris on Twitter @ChiefofEMS and on FaceBook.

Lexipol is America’s leading provider of defensible policies and training for public safety organizations, delivering our services through a unique, web-based development system. Lexipol offers state-specific policy manuals, regular policy updates and daily scenario based training against policy.

EMS1 How-to-Buy guides feature guidance for purchasing fire products, of all types, from our columnists as well as industry analysts, educators, and other noted specialists in their fields.

The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on Mar. 11, 2020.

The CDC began closely monitoring the outbreak caused by a new coronavirus strain first identified in Wuhan, China in December 2019, which quickly spread to southeast Asia, Europe, Canada and the U.S. The first case in the United States was announced on Jan. 21, 2020, in the state of Washington, where the patient recently returned from Wuhan.

The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a global health emergency on Jan. 30, 2020. The announcement came shortly after the first human-to-human transmission of the virus in the U.S. was confirmed by the CDC.

EMS has taken the global stage with its frontline response to the pandemic. The EMS1 COVID-19 includes the latest news, videos, podcasts and analysis about EMS training, safety measures, assessment and treatment of patients with COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine development and supporting the mental health of providers through the pandemic.

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The Chief Insights column is part of EMS1’s EMS Leader Playbook – aimed at helping new EMS leaders increase their effectiveness, enhance their leadership KSAs, develop trust among crewmembers, and build confidence. Through a handful of questions presented by EMS1, veteran chiefs reflect on their early days in leadership roles and offer advice, while newer leaders detail their experiences taking on a new position. Email editor@ems1.com to offer your insights for the EMS Leader Playbook.

As EMS sheds its perceived role as a transportation service, telehealth enables treat-and-refer or treat-in-place delivery models. Connecting patients to advanced levels of care in the field empowers EMS providers to provide the right level of intervention at the right time, and to transport patients to the best destination, saving them time and money, and limiting the demand on hospitals and healthcare resources.

This series will examine the technology needed to implement telehealth and the virtual training EMS providers need to make it effective for individual patients and scalable for the population.

This series focuses on bridging the gap between what EMS supervisors and EMS providers perceive as the sticking points that drive EMTs and paramedics out of the field.

By understanding these issues, and incorporating strategies from the corporate world and other industries, EMS leaders can stop the talent bleed, keep their ambulances on the road and improve the quality of applicants.

EMS graduates can climb the career ladder quickly, arriving in leadership positions with minimal life or professional experience, and even less management training. Supervision is as different from clinical medicine as auto repair is from plumbing. Even a smart, motivated individual will need additional skill sets to succeed in the new role.

In an already stressful profession, being unprepared to lead and manage other EMS providers through the daily challenges and conflicts that arise adds additional pressure. In fact, EMS field supervisors reported the highest rates of burnout of all positions in the 2020 EMS Trend Report.

In this special coverage series, learn how to equip field supervisors with the skills they need to be effective in their roles.

The EMS1 Digital Editions, eBooks & Special Projects resource center captures special coverage projects, including digital editions, like “What paramedics want in 2022,” insights from the EMS Trend Survey, and “Care delivery in real-time: Implementing telehealth in EMs;" and eBooks, like “Reignite EMS passion by banishing burnout” and “Airway management: Improving first-pass intubation success.”

Download these resources to inform clinical training, leadership decisions and career growth and share them with your colleagues and network.

What would you like to see us cover next? Email us at editor@ems1.com.