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ESO’s Auto-Generated Narrative Feature Returns 35,700 Hours to EMS Professionals in First Month

JEMS

Launched in May 2025, the AI-powered documentation saved over 35,700 hours for EMS professionals within its first month of general availability. Over 1,670 EMS agencies have adopted the feature since May—resulting in up to 80% reduction in total documentation time.

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Charlotte (NC) Finalizes Contract to Reduce Fire Department Responses to EMS Calls

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Charlotte Fire’s role in low-acuity and non-emergency calls should decrease under the agreement as MEDIC makes “incremental system improvements,” according to the signed document. Although MEDIC leads emergency medical services, local fire departments respond to tens of thousands of medical calls each year.

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(Q4/2024) ESO Updates: Quarterly Product Enhancements

ESO

The ability to import data from the monitor to ESO EHR reduces documentation time while improving the accuracy of your data, allowing you to better focus on the delivery of care. You can use it to directly document and upload FLACC Pain Scores and final score data for non-verbal patients into ESO Insights for easier reporting.

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Just Culture in EMS

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forgetting to document a medication) Educate and fix system issues Retrain and provide additional support Review cognitive ability or fit for role At-Risk Behavior (e.g., The Just Culture model accounts for that and directs supervisors to evaluate the situation and provide a standardized means of addressing undesirable behavior (Table 1).

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New Interactive Timeline Brings EMS History to Life

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What sets it apart is its commitment to transparency and depth—each entry includes links to original source documents such as government reports, medical journals, military archives and historic publications.

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Exploring EMS Frontline Fatigue: Insights from the Literature

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The evidence is clear: frontline fatigue is not a theoretical risk but a documented, deep-rooted reality. 12 Furthermore, burnout has been associated with a higher incidence of clinical errors, impaired team communication, and reduced patient satisfaction—all of which threaten the operational integrity of emergency medical services.

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Abstract: Burden of Command: Leading Others at the Expense of Yourselves’ | 10 April 2025

Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

It is her long-held belief that successful research in the field of paramedicine is the result of work that is done by paramedics, with paramedics, for paramedics. In 2022 she was she was presented with the Laurier University Award for Community Service and Engagement in recognition of her efforts supporting Canadian paramedics.