Drug Shortages and Rapid Price Escalation: The Latest on the Crisis

The American health system is now into the seventh year of an unprecedented and unplanned shortage of emergency medications. There has been no media attention to the prices of the medications that are available, but any EMS leader who is responsible for the budget is aware that prices of all medications have increased dramatically.

EMS Transport of Service Dogs & Support Animals

Learn the requirements and best practices for transporting a patient's service animal.

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A Paramedic’s Experience with a Safer, Smarter Ambulance

This adventure to find a safer way to be in the back of a moving ambulance and provide excellent care for my patient started about 11 years ago with an injury (like most things that stimulate chang...

Focus on Changing the Culture - Addressing EMS Provider Stress and Mental Health

The issue of EMS provider stress and mental health has come to the forefront of our profession.  The Burnsville Minnesota Fire Department has, like many EMS agencies, provided countless traini...

You Ask – We’ll Answer: Answers to the most pressing MIH-CP Questions

In 2009, only a handful of MIH-CP programs were operating in the U.S.  Today, according to a database maintained by the National Association of EMTs, there are about 230.  Despite this ph...

EMS Today 2017

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    Sturgis, S.D. Agencies Conduct Mass Casualty Drill

    Wed, Jul 12, 2017

    On Tuesday, multiple agencies in Sturgis, S.D. took part in a mass casualty drill that simulated a car crash that involved a bus and car both with multiple occupants.  

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    Designing a Custom-Built Ambulance

    Designing a Custom-Built Ambulance that Balances Safety and Efficiency

    Cranberry Township (Pa.) EMS had never purchased custom ambulances, but as the industry focuses on reducing crashes and improving vehicle safety, they set out on a mission to design the safest ambulance in America.

    COLUMNISTS

    Dennis Edgerly, EMT-P Paramedic Education Coordinator

    How to Avoid Over-Testing and Under-Testing Patients

    Dennis Edgerly, EMT-P Advancements in diagnostic technology have put a lot more tools in the EMS toolkit, but it’s impo...
    Vincent D. Robbins, FACHE, FCEMSE

    Does EMS Need a Name Change?

    Vincent D. Robbins, FACHE, FCEMSE

    Our field of practice has grown into its own healthcare discipline. Is it time that redefine ours...

    Doug Wolfberg is an EMS attorney and founding partner of Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, which represents EMS agencies throughout the United States.

    Pro Bono: Staying Current on Data Can Reduce Liability

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    Data can help to clue us in on when we need to update or change direction on our EMS agency’s pol...

    A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT P  Editor in Chief, JEMS

    EMS Response of the Future Can Harness New Technology to Save Lives

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    A look into the future of emergency medical response.

    Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP , Karen Wesley, NREMT-P

    The Importance of Complete, High-Quality Patient Handoff Reports

    Keith Wesley, MD, FACEP

    Doc Wesley and Medic Wesley give their perspective on a study looking into the completeness of re...

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    Embracing the Three “Attributes of Accountability”

    Embracing the Three Attributes of Accountability

    Regardless of what job position we fill in the organization—front line care provider or leader who serves those care providers—every person must exhibit the “behaviors of accoun...

    An Interview with Acadian Ambulance CEO Richard Zuschlag

    An Interview with Acadian Ambulance CEO Richard Zuschlag

    We talked to Richard about his 46 years with Acadian and how the company continued to engage its employees even as it grew from a one-county operation to one of the largest ambu...

    Hanging with and Recognizing the Stars of Life

    Hanging with and Recognizing the Stars of Life

    The JEMS staff attended the 2017 American Ambulance Association's Stars of Life banquet and awards reception in Washington, D.C. on June 13, 2017.

    (Top to bottom, left to right): Hugo Badillo (American Medical Response, Lake Worth, Fla.), Senator Bill Nelson (Fla.), Jonathan Balzer and Kasey Ras (Sunstar Paramedics) and Graham Losse (Nature Coast, FLa., EMS) pose for a photo following their meeting on Captiol Hill.

    Stars of Life Award Winners Visit Congress on Capitol Hill

    The 108 Stars of Life award winners joined their executive hosts from agencies around the country to spread the word about their achievements and important legislation prioritie...

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