The Rural Health Transformation Program may be one of the biggest opportunities EMS has seen in years, but winning the money is only the first challenge. For years, EMS leaders have complained that nobody will fund innovation. Want to start community paramedicine? Great idea. Who pays for it?
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In this engaging Tech Talk Tuesday session, the hosts discuss practical approaches to purchasing and implementing technology for fire departments. They emphasize the importance of conducting a thorough needs assessment rather than simply acquiring the latest gadgets. The conversation includes introductions of the guests, each sharing their backgrounds and expertise, setting the stage for a
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The department’s innovative approach uses realistic environments to strengthen communication, assessment and decision-making. Many EMS education programs do an excellent job teaching clinical skills but struggle to prepare students for the realities of the field, as patients typically don’t collapse in quiet classrooms.
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The idea for the program came from a committee tasked with coming up with solutions for so-called “high-utilizers” of public emergency response resources. They found that $7.1 million had been spent on 17 individuals over a five-year period.
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How clinical variation, management visibility and unintentional overtime impact provider fatigue, depersonalization. A study from the University of Huddersfield in the United Kingdom has examined burnout in a large ambulance trust in north England using the Maslach burnout inventory and Copenhagen self-assessment burnout tools, two surveys that have previously been validated in regards to burnout.
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Chief Kristopher Blume joins Peter Matthews to reflect on what products and innovations he saw while attending the largest firefighter conference in the world, Interschutz, earlier this month in Germany. From robots and apparatus to PPE and training equipment, Blume explains the difference between Interschutz and shows in the U.S.
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Learn how EMS leaders are approaching AI with clarity, confidence and operational focus. AI is no longer a future issue for EMS. Agencies are already using AI-enabled tools in dispatch, documentation, data analysis, clinical decision support, scheduling and quality improvement.
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Treating broken bones and dislocations has been an important part of EMS as far back as EMS history goes. Early texts dedicated significant portions to applying splints, fashioning slings and tying swathes. Even today, initial EMT courses spend several hours using triangular bandages and board splints to immobilize extremity fractures.
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The Special Events Planning Toolkit was developed to make event planning more practical for fire service leaders. Large events can create many of the same planning problems regardless of venue or jurisdiction. Those problems usually involve fire and life safety, hospital coordination, EMS movement, communications, responder support, public messaging, and the final transition out of
In the United States, when someone calls 911 the call is routed to an operator at a public safety answering point, or PSAP. But news outlets across the country are finding that local PSAPs are struggling, and that 911 callers are waiting longer to get help. Today on the podcast, we speak to a researcher
