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Administration And Leadership
Maybe You Can't Go Home
A JEMS.com columnist re-joins her old volunteer fire department and finds it's not what it used to be.
Paramedic's Termination Affirmed
It's not a crime to make an error, but failing to report it may be.
The 'Gross Negligence' Standard and EMS
Case upholds fact that, sometimes, professional judgment trumps protocols.
A Lesson in Negligence
What constitutes 'willful and wanton' disregard for protocols?
Terminating Resuscitation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest
The authors created this rule by examining retrospective data, then applied it prospectively to determine its impact on the number of patients transported who did not survive.
Ethics in EMS Continue to Decline
Is public sector EMS better?
Fratricide
See why failing to prevent training deaths may be tantamount to murder.
Striking a Patient is Never Warranted
Courts will uphold terminations for striking a patient.
The Legal Shield: Does standard protection of EMS preclude its responsibility?
Court finds providers' negligence not willful and wanton in case of failed mechanical equipment.
The Worst is Over: Words that Heal ... and Manage Risk
Listening to patients and employing healing language reduces your chances of litigation when a call goes wrong.
Product Connect
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Articles
Day 6: Where in the World (of EMS) is A.J.?
The Ambulance Leadership Forum and a Yorkshire Ambulance... More >
Videos- Culture of Safety Draft Document
- Video: Demanding Safety
- Video: Factors of Risk
- Video: Integrated EMS
- Rural Example of Community Medicine
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EMS Airway Clinic
Innovation & Progress
Follow in the footsteps of these inspirational leaders of EMS.
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Worker Rescued From Maryland Parking Garage Collapse
Victim was buried for four hours under a 55,000-pound slab.
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Parking Garage Collapses at Maryland Shopping Mall
“Extended extrication” being done for a person pinned under a key section.
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Search Continues for Child in Minnesota Landslide
One child killed, two injured when gravel gives way at popular park.
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Minnesota Park Landslide
One child dead, two injured and a fourth is missing during field trip tragedy.
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Day 6 in Pictures: Ambulance Leadership Forum
The Ambulance Leadership Forum in Warwickshire, England.
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EZ-IO® Intraosseous Infusion System Real Time Humerus Infusion
Leg access using the EZ-IO.
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VividTrac offered by Vivid Medical - EMS Today 2013
VividTrac, affordable high performance video intubation device.
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