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Alternate Posting Location: Pinnacle Posts
The 15th Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum, organized and hosted by Fitch & Associates, was held last week at the JW Marriott at Desert Ridge in Phoenix. EMS1 and Fitch presented the findings of the...
View ArticlePinnacle Podcast with Jay Fitch and Rob Lawrence
Rob Lawrence, the host of the EMS One Stop podcast, sat down with Jay Fitch and me on the final day of Pinnacle to discuss the conference, speakers and our top takeaways. Give a listen and subscribe...
View ArticleThe gamble of not getting vaccinated
Many months ago I heard an EMS medical director on a COVID webinar say, “You’ll either get vaccinated or you’ll get COVID.” To me, getting COVID and hoping for the best is a big gamble with bad odds....
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Ketamine suggestions for EMS leaders
It seems likely to me that plaintiff attorneys representing families grieving the in-custody death of a loved one are examining police case reports, prehospital care records and hospital medical...
View ArticleHow many paramedics have been certified in 2021?
Social media: NOT MANY! Social media: this is the final nail in the coffin of EMS NREMT: Wait, those are just the numbers through January. Social media: Yeah, we knew that. My take on this week’s...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Grieving and Giving Thanks
Posted to EMS1 earlier this week after the deadly vehicle attack at the Waukesha Christmas Parade. Even after Waukesha, say thanks, find joy and recognize goodwill freely given
View ArticleAlternate Listening Location: Serving to Lead
On a special edition of the EMS One-Stop podcast I turned the table to interview Rob Lawrence (@UKRobL), the show host, about his Sandhurst military leadership training and his second career as an EMS...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Less congested streets should mean quicker EMS...
My first EMS1 article of 2022 is posted. Has less traffic, congestion impacted EMS response time during the pandemic? Enjoy and drive safe.
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Thriving vs. Living Wage
Paramedics: don’t settle for a living wage. Instead, be audacious and demand a thriving wage for your lifesaving career of community service Read the full article on EMS1. Pay paramedics a thriving...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Ambulances Held Hostage
There is a lot to learn from the Page, Wolfberg and Wirth examination of hospital bed delays and the rights of EMS to return to service. Read the seven things I learned from the three-article series...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: The Big Issues in EMS
New on EMS1 … Issue: Red lights and sirens Case study: How to use EMS Trend Report data Issue: Recruitment and retention Do something different: Why it’s time to question everything about recruitment...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: EMS needs big laws not little changes
New article on EMS1 Unnecessary and impractical: The laws EMS gets vs. the laws EMS needs Make sure you are participating in the EMS legislative process. Your experience and voice are important.
View ArticleHas the iPhone made EMS better?
Today is the 15th birthday of the iPhone, a device which I use daily and is hardly ever more than an arm’s reach away. But today I take a contrarian view about the impact of the iPhone on EMS. 7 ways...
View ArticlePodcast: Discussing the EMS Trend Report
Listen to Jim Hoffman, Josh Knapp and me discuss the 2022 EMS Trend Report on the EMS Office Hours podcast. Download the 2022 EMS Trend Report from EMS1.
View ArticlePodcast: Paramedics need a thriving wage – The Overrun
Enjoyed discussing the concept of a “thriving wage” for paramedics with Ed from the Overrun Podcast.
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Viral Radio Traffic
A Baltimore City EMS provider attracted widespread social media attention for his response to a dispatcher request to return to service. “For the third time, we told you we are out of service,” an EMT...
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: #NeverForget Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, FDNY EMS
Posted on EMS1 Rapid response: Risk of senseless violence is constantly looming Lt. Alison Russo-Elling, FDNY EMS, was killed in the line of duty on September 29, 2022. Russo-Elling, 61, was a 25-year...
View Article2023 Book Log
I kept a book log in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. The Island – two families hunt one another within the confines of an island off the coast of Australia. 2312 – political and social problems in the...
View ArticleEMS Week 2023
Because of EMS, emergency care begins closer to the point of illness or injury than ever before. Read my full EMS Week article at EMS1.com
View ArticleAlternate Posting Location: Geriatric Fall Prevention
After President Biden fell last week at the U.S. Air Force Academy it seemed like a good time to revisit geriatric fall prevention. Read on EMS1: Geriatric fall prevention tips after POTUS trips, falls
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