For years, rural communities across the United States have faced a growing challenge: maintaining access to local healthcare services. Financial pressures, workforce shortages, changing patterns of …
EMS leaders across the country are constantly balancing growing community needs with limited resources. Whether it’s improving response times, expanding coverage to underserved areas, or maintaining …
In EMS, there is no single moment that defines the job. It is built on long shifts, quick decisions, and calls that rarely look the same …
Each year, emergency medical services professionals from across the United States gather in Washington, D.C. for EMS on the Hill Day, an annual event organized by …
JEMS Con will make its debut April 25-30, 2022 in Indianapolis, Indiana, co-located alongside FDIC International, North America’s largest training and sourcing destination for firefighters and first responders. JEMS (The Journal of Emergency Medical Services) will part ways with its former brand EMS Today as it shifts to a refreshed, …
Original Article Posted by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) The International Association of Fire Chiefs is urging all FIRE CHIEFS, FIRE OFFICERS, LABOR LEADERS and FIREFIGHTERS to join in a COVID-19 FIREFIGHTER SURVIVAL INFORMATIONAL STAND DOWN. While there is no question that we are all aware of the impact of …
Originally Posted in the NAEMT News Winter 2022 on December 23rd, 2021. Author: Bruce Evans, MPA, NRP, CFO, SPO As one of the early visionaries in our field, the late James O. Page, who some refer to as the father of modern EMS, once said: “As the next few …
PCG is proud to offer the ambulance community with support services for the Medicare Ground Ambulance Data Collection survey. Thank you to all of those who were able to attend the webinar event live on December 15th. We feel that the information presented in the webinar was well received and …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program (AFG) applications are open. The goal of the grant program is to assist fire departments and non-affiliated emergency medical service organizations in meeting their needs to serve their communities. The grant assists these organizations in obtaining equipment, protective gear, …
Originally Posted on the Austin Monitor on Friday, November 19th. Author: Samuel Stark A new report by a city-appointed firm found that local medical and emergency service providers could do more to help address sharp health disparities in East and West Austin. The equity study, which was completed this summer …
Author: Tim Nowak (2-3 minute read) “Primum non nocere – first, do no harm.” This is the opening sentence in the 2017 report produced for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)*. This study examines the use of lights & siren (L&S) by ambulances. …
The Fire-Rescue EAST exhibitors market a wide variety of products and services to the fire services community, including fire-fighting apparatus, turnout gear, safety and health products, and motivational items. If your product or service supports the fire-fighting community in any way, the face-to-face interaction at Fire-Rescue EAST will help you …
Let’s Make Things Safer for Emergency Responders The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of EMS encourages the EMS community to recognize Crash Responder Safety Week, observed this year November 8-14. Because emergency responders—police, fire, EMS, and towing—risk being killed or injured by passing vehicles when responding to a roadside …
Author: Charley Hurley (3-minute read) It’s a phrase that many people say they’re sick of hearing and yet, the statement is quite profound when you really consider all that this country has been through over the past two years. “These are unprecedented times.” America has exited from its longest …
