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Veteran field training officers and a newly licensed paramedic carried equipment through traffic to help deliver a healthy newborn
Policies that are inconsistent slow decision-making, create confusion and increase risk
Rural ambulance leaders told lawmakers that rising call volumes and operating costs are straining EMS districts as the state considers changes that could slow or reduce property tax revenue
Three Kingsport firefighters and a Sullivan County EMS EMT were hospitalized after a vehicle struck them as they loaded a patient into an ambulance on I-26
Portsmouth adopted rules to fully implement collective bargaining nearly three years after first authorizing it, establishing bargaining units for firefighters, police and other city employees
Implementing a medication administration cross check helped St. Charles County Ambulance District reduce dosing errors and win recognition for its Just Culture
Look for tampered packaging, excessive use and false documentation to identify a drug diversion in your EMS agency
The criminalization of medical errors has added a new layer to reducing harm
EMS leaders are asking Texas lawmakers to revise the Rural Ambulance Service Grant Program to give counties more flexibility in funding providers and equipment
A new study found 3% of patients account for 16% of all EMS calls; readers’ reactions were divided between exhaustion over repeat 911 callers and defense of the vulnerable people behind the numbers