JEMS

JULY 25, 2025

announced the launch of the Interactive EMS History Timeline, a first-of-its-kind, research-driven digital resource tracing the evolution of Emergency Medical Services in the United States—from the Civil War to the present.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

Robin Jacobowitz, interim director at SUNY New Paltz’s Institute for Disaster Mental Health, and paramedic and union leader Alanna Badgley, the discussion centers around a groundbreaking 2024 New York State Mental Health Needs Assessment. Watch Part 2 here. Three Important Takeaways 1.

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JEMS

AUGUST 11, 2025

Winning the $150,000 Building Bridges to Better Health challenge, his program blends community paramedics, telehealth, and partnerships with federally qualified health centers and social service organizations to close care gaps beyond traditional EMS responses.

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JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

Jim Page is often referred to as the father of modern EMS,” said Keith Griffiths, his partner in founding JEMS, the Journal of Emergency Medical Services, in 1980. He later became an accomplished attorney, state EMS director, prolific writer and speaker, fire chief, and publisher.

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JEMS

JULY 8, 2025

What is your level of training for handling a child in a behavioral health crisis? While EMS training does a good job of ensuring most pediatric calls come second nature, little is focused on how to take care of a pediatric patient who is experiencing a behavioral health crisis.

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JEMS

JUNE 17, 2025

With this launch, the global emergency medical services leader brings its internationally recognized standard of care to one of the fastest-growing regions in the country. Our goal is to raise the standard of emergency medical services in the DFW area and support the health and safety of the communities we serve.”

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JEMS

JULY 3, 2025

She clarifies how EMS-specific CDC guidelines account for unique factors like ambulance ventilation systems, the rear exhaust fan and closed suction systems that impact airborne and droplet disease transmission risks.

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JEMS

JULY 21, 2025

One Platform, Many Solutions Prior to OneDose, Martin County EMS providers had to rely on multiple standalone apps and processes to access protocols, calculate medication doses, and distribute administrative updates—an approach that often proved inefficient in rapidly changing environments.

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JEMS

JULY 22, 2025

A Facebook post from WWAS later that morning confirmed the closure, stating that “the remaining EMS crew decided to quit effective immediately.” The service’s Facebook page, phone lines and email have since been shut down. on July 9. I don’t know what’s going to happen,’” Pierce said. “I

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JEMS

JULY 17, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Overdose Must View Rush (NY) EMS Service Wins Reprieve, Will Remain Operating Through End of Year After months of heated debate, the Rush Fire Department will continue operating its own emergency medical service at least through the end of the year.

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JEMS

JUNE 21, 2025

The George County Board of Supervisors approved the agreement, paving the way for an enhanced mutual aid partnership with neighboring Greene County after AmeriPro took over EMS services there in September 2023. The previous EMS provider was ASAP EMS.

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JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

Page Legacy Scholarship Recipient June 12, 2025 By Press Releases 3 min read Share To: Jess Delaney, Manager of Education, QA/QI, and Safety at Mount Sinai EMS, has been awarded the prestigious 2025 James O. Page Legacy Scholarship, endowed by Hartwell Medical, by the Fitch EMS Foundation. The James O.

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JEMS

JULY 31, 2025

EMS Provider Charged in NC Crash Greenville police have charged the man operating an ambulance when it crashed Tuesday with unsafe movement of a vehicle. EMS Provider Charged in NC Crash Greenville police have charged the man operating an ambulance when it crashed Tuesday with unsafe movement of a vehicle. Visit WITN for more.

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JEMS

JULY 22, 2025

While much of the world retreated indoors, EMS professionals surged forward, answering every call with resolve and resilience. And for many in EMS, it has become deeply personal. Hayder Mazin The Fatigue Beneath the Heroism They were called heroes, celebrated for their unwavering commitment in the face of a global crisis.

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JEMS

JULY 18, 2025

Tactical EMS Treatment of High-Velocity Gunshot Wound Three Reasons Not to Use Normal Saline or Crystalloids in Trauma Point‑of‑Care Hemorrhage Control Prehospital Trauma Management: We Can Do More by Doing Less Originally Published: July 17, 2025 at 7:45 AM PDT © 2025 the Contra Costa Times (Walnut Creek, Calif.). Visit www.eastbaytimes.com.

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JEMS

JULY 29, 2025

link] By Mike Doss Abstract In emergency medical services (EMS), technical competence is vital—but too often, it overshadows the softer side of care. This article explores the practical, emotional, and evidence-based importance of bedside manner, especially in low-acuity or “basic” EMS calls.

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JEMS

JULY 22, 2025

Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service announced that its Medical Director Dr. She serves as Physician Medical Director for Metro Atlanta Ambulance Service and is responsible for clinical oversight of more than 800 professional EMT’s and paramedics. © 2025 Marietta Daily Journal, Ga. on July 9.

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JEMS

AUGUST 6, 2025

For decades, Acadian Ambulance has provided the lion’s share of ambulance services not handled by East Baton Rouge’s own Emergency Medical Services, transporting patients from facilities like hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living centers and more in the parish.

Ambulance

JEMS

AUGUST 11, 2025

As an EMS provider, I’ve seen lives end in seconds, seen trauma unfold in front of me like a brutal slideshow, and witnessed the slow erosion of compassion in colleagues and institutions alike. We talk often in EMS about burnout. Too often, we lose sight of that in EMS. What we talk about less is the loss of humanity.

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JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

Gerard, MS, RN 35 min read Share To: Shutterstock/RozenskiP In the fragile, complex ecosystem of the American healthcare system, few services are as mission-critical and chronically underfunded as EMS. 1 EMS has always been described as the canary in the coal mine and the tip of the spear simultaneously.

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JEMS

JULY 3, 2025

Miller Abstract The EMS industry is struggling with severe staffing shortages, raising concerns about workforce sustainability affecting patient care. This research explores simulation-based training (SBT) as a potential solution to improve retention within the EMS sector.

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JEMS

JULY 7, 2025

Prehospital emergency finger thoracostomy in compensated obstructive shock: Benefits and outcomes. Timeline for Repeat EMS Encounters Resulting in Transport Following “Lift Assist” in a Suburban EMS System. Prehosp Emergency Care. Sutori D, Erdelyi LS, Uri I, et al. Dorsett M, Allen H, Garbacz H, et al. 2025 [link] 4.

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JEMS

AUGUST 5, 2025

EMS professionals worked through relentless waves of trauma, grief, and exhaustion—often without the time, tools, or support to process what they endured. The next frontier of EMS resilience demands proactive leadership, embedded mental health infrastructure, and culturally competent behavioral health support.

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JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

“Less than 2% of all ground ambulances in the United States are carrying whole blood,” Dr. Sean Keenan, the EMS medical director in Teller County for UCHealth said. In some moments of trauma or crisis, blood is life. “They just hadn’t (previously) had a tool to address it.

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JEMS

JUNE 19, 2025

Rivera, DNP, MBA, RN 7 min read Share To: Shutterstock/Matt Gush Abstract All emergency medical service (EMS) systems across the United States face overwhelming pressure. Introduction The EMS workforce is burning out, not just from trauma and long hours, but from sheer volume. We need fewer calls.

Paramedic

JEMS

JULY 16, 2025

Drawing on his special operations experience, Walsh reveals how Valqari developed autonomous drone technology to deliver critical medical supplies quickly, slashing delivery times. The ability to move sensitive medical cargo quickly and reliably improves overall patient care efficiency and reduces operational bottlenecks.

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JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

It’s not the fancy procedures like putting in a tube or giving medications that save a child’s life,” said Theresa Walls, an emergency physician and medical director of CHOP’s EMS Institute. “If Such skills are part of standard EMS training that all first responders complete for certification.

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JEMS

AUGUST 7, 2025

The Terrell County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the multi-year agreement, which follows AmeriPro’s recent takeover of EMS services in neighboring Sumter and Randolph Counties. The move expands the company’s South Georgia footprint to 11 counties totaling 337 employees.

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JEMS

JULY 15, 2025

You want the packaged version—the hero-medic, running toward the mass casualty scene, laughing at trauma, walking off into the sunset after saving the day. What It Leaves Behind I’ve spent more than three decades in EMS. I ask myself, would better mental health resources two decades ago have changed the outcome?

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JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

And emergency medical service organizations are structured accordingly, right? There’s also the advanced EMT, an EMT with training in additional concepts and specific ALS skills such as starting IVs, administering a few carefully chosen medications, using advanced airways and other carefully selected skills.

AEMT

JEMS

JUNE 16, 2025

Feit, MBA, MA 10 min read Share To: Judy Faulkner, left, and Jonathon Feit. Photo provided by the author.) Nine years ago , I wrote the only essay that I ever hoped would be wrong. Maybe half is a little overstating but certainly plenty of them.”

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JEMS

JULY 23, 2025

Despite this often fundamental lack of understanding, children and adults are often exponentially more likely to utilize emergency services than their peers. In one study alone, EMR/EMT Students failed to adequately recognize or suspect autism in simulated trauma victims 87% of the time.

E-9-1-1

JEMS

JULY 18, 2025

The episode closes with reflections on the department’s experience filming the “Nightwatch” TV series and the future potential of integrating body cam footage with EMS documentation. The program protects staff, supports quality assurance and aids patient care. Three Important Takeaways 1.

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JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

Drawing from personal experience, education best practices, and cognitive theory, we break down why the structure of EMS education and testing exists as it does, how it prepares students for the field, and why the question we should be asking isn’t “Why is this test so hard?” EMS is not a career for people looking for something easy.

Emergency Medical Technician

JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

“These therapies are time-dependent,” said Christian Martin-Gill, professor of emergency medicine at Pitt, chief of the Division of Emergency Medical Services and an attending emergency physician at UPMC, specializing in stroke. 21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21—It was just after 2 p.m.

First Responder

JEMS

JUNE 20, 2025

Let us start with a history of what has changed in EMS and then what may be coming. You can be crazy with formulas that calculate acceleration, apply an advanced calculus function to rates of change. Change can occur with a simple evolutionary mutation in a virus or with an onset of new technology as it has with the implementation of AI.

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JEMS

JUNE 12, 2025

MAML, NRP, WP-C 12 min read Share To: The annual ranking of the top-selling prescription drugs in the United States provides a window into the nation’s health, revealing trends in chronic disease and the rapid rise of breakthrough therapies steering patient care. Since beginning my EMS career in 1993, the U.S. Adapted from J.

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