Operations And Protcols

Pinnacle Conference Offers EMS Management Lessons

Pinnacle Conference attendees got management tips from experts in EMS management and leadership.

Posted Saturday, October 1, 2011

EMS Agencies Fight for their Contracts

With budget cuts across the nation, EMS contracts as not as easy to maintain.

Posted Saturday, October 1, 2011

Message from Las Vegas

The message from this month's EMS EXPO conference was much like the message at this summer's Pinnacle Conferece--how to do more with less.

Posted Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Paramedic Uses Enhanced Patient Refusal Process

What if there was a better solution than the standard AMA refusal?

Posted Thursday, August 25, 2011

Dedicating Energy to Honor the Fallen

Tawnya Silloway developed a line-of-duty death handbook to be shared by all EMS organizations.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011

Sharpening the Focus on Safety

Daniel Patterson's The EMS Agency Research Network for Quality and Safety Improvement, is just the latest in a long line of research initiatives he’s developed that have had tremendous influence within the EMS community.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011

Mapping Out a Partnership

The central theme of the community paramedic program is to take an Eagle County paramedic in his or her current role, and without changing the scope of practice, change what he or she does every day.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011

Bridging the Gap from Warfront to Homefront

Nicholas Miller's goal was to create a program that would allow combat medics to bring their skills back to the states after discharge to pursue a career in EMS.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011

Rethinking Disaster Preparedness

Lt. James Logan, BPS, IC, EMT-P, has created one of the most innovative and true-to-life training programs that many EMS providers will ever experience.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011

Beating Heart for Survival

David Hiltz, NREMT-P, played a significant role in conceiving, developing and promoting the HEARTSafe Communities program because he cares so much about other people’s hearts.

Posted Friday, April 29, 2011