BLS Life Support Paramedic 
JEMS
JUNE 26, 2025
Page’s professional life is intertwined with the widespread acceptance of paramedics in the early 1970s. Page was a Battalion Chief for Los Angeles County and oversaw the introduction of paramedics there in 1969. He continued to inspire and facilitate the profession’s growth in the following decades.
ACEP Now
MAY 9, 2025
It is historically the “definitive airway” and, in the setting of cardiac arrest, a successfully placed and confirmed endotracheal tube connected to a well-managed ventilator removes the bulk of airway and breathing concerns from the Basic Life Support (BLS)/ Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) algorithms.
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JEMS
JULY 3, 2025
What do you mean the paramedics are 45 minutes away? According to the 2024 Michigan Healthcare Workforce Index, a staggering 10-year shortage of paramedics between 2023 and 2033 will rise to 1,160 paramedics and 621 emergency medical technicians (EMTs). My mother is not breathing!” “I’m I’m sorry ma’am.
JEMS
JUNE 27, 2025
In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. Paramedics with Ute Pass Regional Health Service District are now bringing another pathway to life when things go terribly wrong. We know that putting blood in the hands of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs is the first step in saving those lives.”
JEMS
JUNE 11, 2025
Once historically known as “an EMT-Intermediate,” their level of training is in between EMT and paramedic. Although certified as an EMT, Kroll, who has been with the agency for 23 years, has been certified in the past as a paramedic and EMT-Intermediate. It’s pretty simple, right?
JEMS
JUNE 27, 2025
The ALS units, staffed by paramedics, are being downgraded as part of strategy to address chronic staffing shortages and ballooning overtime costs. Currently, the city has about 40 paramedic vacancies. City officials have also allocated $5.2 million for private EMS contractors to help make up for the change. Visit WMAR for more.
High Performance EMS
AUGUST 9, 2024
The very low risk calls can typically be satisfied with basic life support (BLS) capabilities. In fact, sending advanced life support (ALS) providers that are in short supply to one of these calls can leave citizens exposed when a critical request is received after that resource is committed.
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