JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

Industry News Videos EMS ESO Paramedic Must View How Sensory Modulation Therapy Is Transforming Mental Health Support for First Responders JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel sits down with occupational therapist Bonnie Eckman and paramedic leader Alanna Badgley to explore sensory modulation therapy.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 18, 2025

Six township firefighters are already enrolled in a medical first responder course provided by the state of Michigan. I’m trying to get as many of our firefighters medically trained as we can to get certified, at least to the medical first responder level so we can start providing that level of care to the township,” Jent said.

Firefighter

JEMS

JUNE 17, 2025

We’re really trying to look at this and prepare people in totality to be able to respond confidently to these incidents,” he said. Though most people typically only think of firefighters and first responders after an emergency takes place, two of the Greeley Fire Department’s three core tenets are prevention and preparedness. “I

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

3 min read Industry News First Due Introduces Exposure Tracking Management for First Responder Health and Wellness First Due has announced the launch of Health & Wellness, a new module focused on responder safety and occupational health.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 15, 2025

Breunig started back the way she had just come as first responders poured into the small parking lot, headed for the tent by the train tracks. Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine News News Feed Community Paramedic Headlines News Feed Oregon Must View Woman Intentionally Rams into L.A. Visit oregonlive.com.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 22, 2025

7 Additionally, research shows that approximately 20% to 25% of EMTs and paramedics meet diagnostic criteria for PTSD during their careers—a prevalence far exceeding that observed among other healthcare workers and the civilian population. The mental health crisis in EMS: Rates of suicidality among first responders. link] 10.

EMS

JEMS

JUNE 20, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines New Jersey More News Operative IQ Announces New Operations Management Solution: Blood Tracking Operative IQ, a provider of software solutions for first responders, is thrilled to introduce its latest innovation, Blood Tracking. Page Legacy Scholarship, endowed by Hartwell Medical.

Ambulance

JEMS

JUNE 13, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines New York Manchester (NH) Ambulance Rollover Tops Rough Day for City First Responder Apparatus An ambulance responding with lights and sirens rolled over near Elliott Hospital in Manchester Wednesday.

Ambulance

JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

Patients, family, friends, and other first responders are offered boxes of naloxone, and everyone is educated on how to use the medication. 5 min read Exclusives Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic Just Culture in EMS A one-size-fits-all approach to discipline is outdated. Provided photo.) The Lincoln County Journal.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

The Omaha Fire Department, which has 19 medic units, first studied call volume in the city and worked with Nebraska Medicine to determine where to place the blood supplies. But with blood supplies tight, first responders have to make sure they’re using blood appropriately. She said the department hopes to expand the program.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 17, 2025

As an authorized reseller of DDT’s innovative blood coolers, Operative IQ offers first responder agencies reliable, state-of-the-art equipment designed to maintain optimal temperature conditions for blood storage and transport. The Blood Tracking module is now available for purchase.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Maryland Mass Casualty Incidents How Critical Incident Response Canines Are Changing First Responder Support JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel sits down with Janeen Baggette to explore a unique approach to first responder well-being.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 3, 2025

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). Many reasons are given for the EMT and paramedics’ departure from the EMS career field. About the Author Daniel R.

EMS

JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

We know that putting blood in the hands of firefighters, paramedics and EMTs is the first step in saving those lives.” ” The benefit of first responders using whole blood as a lifesaving tool was a lesson learned on the battlefield. “That 40% is why we’re here today.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 13, 2025

Admin/Leadership EMS Operations Ground Ambulance Operations Legal Issues News Ambulance Crash California EMS Headlines Paramedic Police Manchester (NH) Ambulance Rollover Tops Rough Day for City First Responder Apparatus An ambulance responding with lights and sirens rolled over near Elliott Hospital in Manchester Wednesday.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 16, 2025

Walsh also highlights ongoing collaborations with first responders to provide life-saving supplies on-site faster than ever. Drones Add Real-Time Eyes and Rapid Life-Saving Deliveries to First Responders Walsh also discussed Valqari’s emerging work with first responder agencies, including fire and EMS units.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

The training for some 500 paramedics and emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, covers how to recognize signs that a child’s health is rapidly declining, medication protocol, techniques for starting an IV on smaller bodies with difficult-to-find veins, and CPR for children.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Mental Health and Wellness Podcasts EMS EMT Paramedic Podcasts The JEMS Report Trash Truck Hits Boy, 9, in MA A 9-year-old boy was left seriously injured Tuesday morning after he was hit by a trash truck in Amesbury.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 15, 2025

Biometric and telehealth platforms are helping first responders access confidential support without leaving their homes. Controlled use of psilocybin, for example, has shown encouraging results in reducing PTSD symptoms among first responders and veterans. 4 It’s not about shortcuts—it’s about options. Anguiano P.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 23, 2025

In one study alone, EMR/EMT Students failed to adequately recognize or suspect autism in simulated trauma victims 87% of the time. 8 min read Commentary Exclusives Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic No Tax on Overtime? Journal of autism and developmental disorders.

E-9-1-1

JEMS

JULY 18, 2025

4 min read Mental Health and Wellness Podcasts EMS EMT Paramedic Podcasts The JEMS Report How Memphis Fire Department Cracked the Code on Recruitment and Retention Memphis Fire Medic Stephen Zachar breaks down how his department tackled the nationwide recruitment crisis in firefighting and EMS.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

11 min read Admin/Leadership Emergency Medical Care News News Feed Connecticut Headlines Beverly (MA) EMT Honored for Helping During Fire The City Council honored a local veteran, teacher and EMT for taking action when he noticed a house fire in North Beverly. 21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 21—It was just after 2 p.m.

First Responder

JEMS

JULY 31, 2025

The Cummings Graduate Institute for Behavioral Health published a comprehensive literature review of suicide among first responders in March 2024. We can achieve zero first responders’ deaths with a more active and targeted role. The coalition was able to drop that rate to zero. and 12 p.m.

E-9-1-1

JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

Responders are a family, and families should always foster positive support, growth, education, coping strategies, critical thinking skills and hope. Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic Must View A Flying, Amphibious Paramedic Unit?

First Responder

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

The process of becoming an EMT or paramedic is designed to test not just your knowledge, but your decision-making, your stress tolerance, and your ability to apply logic under pressure. Unitek EMT (2023). Community Outreach: EMTs Educating and Engaging with the Public. This field? Medical Teacher, 43(5), 495–503.

Emergency Medical Technician

JEMS

JULY 30, 2025

The second speaker was Katie Oldakowski, Director of Training for the Mental Health Association in New York State, and creator of a program called Helping Every Responder Overcome Peer Resilience Training Program or HERO, which is aimed at assisting first responders in building resilience and facing mental health challenges.

EMS

JEMS

JUNE 12, 2025

More importantly, the report gives EMS educators and system leaders a critical roadmap to better prepare EMTs and paramedics for delivering safe, effective and forward-thinking care in an ever-evolving field. 3 For EMS educators, this means updating pharmacology content and scenario-based to reflect today’s reality.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 13, 2025

For EMTs and paramedics, this growing trend requires a shift in how we recognize and respond to overdose syndromes. Importantly, these overdoses are often incompletely responsive to naloxone, creating confusion and concern among first responders. What Is Medetomidine?

Naloxone

JEMS

JULY 24, 2025

The department also used the gel on a fellow first responder who was injured. 15 min read Emergency Medical Care Exclusives Patient Care EMS EMT Paramedic Postal Worker Killed in Multi-Vehicle AL Crash A U.S. The gel was used 15 times by Cobb County Fire, applied to injuries ranging from minor cuts to gunshot and stab wounds.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Massachusetts Unmasking the Mental Health Crisis Among First Responders JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel hosts a deep dive into the mental health challenges facing first responders.

Naloxone

JEMS

JULY 9, 2025

Emergency Trauma Care Exclusives Patient Care EMS EMT Paramedic Must View Teen Fatally Shot, Another Slashed, Man Hit in Leg During Bronx (NY) Braw One teenager was gunned down, another was slashed and an adult male was injured after gunfire erupted on a Bronx commercial strip in broad daylight Tuesday.

E-9-1-1

JEMS

AUGUST 1, 2025

Quick action by off-duty first responders who happened to be at the party, local police and Memorial Hermann Life Flight helped save Gavin’s life. Gavin, a child with a form of autism, had jumped into a relative’s pool. No one realized he hadn’t resurfaced until his older brother spotted him underwater.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 21, 2025

One of the many unhealthy cycles first responders experience is exposure to trauma at work, only to return to their “soft place to land” where they are greeted by worse news. a 503(c) non-profit committed to the mental health and wellness of first responders. It’s easy to fall into this never-ending cycle of defeat.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 8, 2025

The NVFC serves as the voice of the volunteer in the national arena and provides critical resources, programs, education, and advocacy for first responders across the nation. Learn more at www.nvfc.org.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 6, 2025

Major organizations such as Allina Health, the Minnesota Ambulance Association, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), the Minnesota Nurses Association, the International Association of EMTs and Paramedics (IAEP), the Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs (HCAPE), and many others have voiced their strong support.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 14, 2025

The Paramedic Question A Rational Look at the EMS College Degree Issue Commentary EMS Training EMT Training Exclusives Paramedic Training EMS EMT Paramedic Must View Two Dead and Four Injured, Including Two Children, in CA Crash Two people are dead and four more are seriously injured following a head-on crash in Yuba County.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

TNS) BEVERLY — Earlier this week, the City Council honored a local veteran, teacher and EMT for taking action when he noticed a house fire in North Beverly. Facebook Caroline Enos – The Salem News, Beverly, Mass. someone has a stroke, per the American Heart Association. Every 3 minutes and 11 seconds, someone dies from one.

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