JEMS

JULY 10, 2025

The agreement also requires MEDIC to pay the city of Charlotte a monthly first responder subsidy of $41,586.25, or $499,035 annually. Mecklenburg County provided for 50 new EMT positions and 10 ambulances in its 2025-26 fiscal year budget. MEDIC will add additional staff each year as necessary, the agency said in a statement.

Mobile Integrated Health

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

JULY 3, 2025

4 min read Admin/Leadership Exclusives Podcasts Chief’s Cadence EMS EMT Paramedic Podcasts Closing the Gap in Pediatric Pain Management Here are insights from a study on barriers and enablers in prehospital pediatric analgesia.

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.

Paramedic

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

AUGUST 13, 2025

7 min read Emergency Medical Care Exclusives Patient Care Case Report EMS EMT Paramedic Mobile Integrated Healthcare, Advocacy and Mental Health in Missouri Chief Justin Duncan shares insights on pioneering mobile integrated healthcare in a sprawling 1,500-square-mile rural area.

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

JULY 22, 2025

In a 2020 national survey of first responders, 35% of EMS professionals reported seriously contemplating suicide, and 6.6% 10 These figures underscore the urgent, life-saving necessity of expanding access to stigma-free mental health resources. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology , 26 (5), 397-410. link] 10.

EMS

JEMS

AUGUST 13, 2025

during peak hours, for $520,000 the first year and increasing $20,000 each year thereafter. Georgetown Township Fire Department provides medical first responders at various levels of service, ranging from $604,000 to $2.7 Life EMS provides two MFRUs, one 24-hours per day and a second unit from 10 a.m.

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 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.

Ambulance

JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

One ambulance district’s Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) Division has recently made a big impact in reducing opioid-related overdose deaths in their community by increasing harm-reduction products and therapies. Provided photo.) Lincoln County, Missouri, is a rural community 50 miles northwest of St.

Mobile Integrated Health

ESO

JANUARY 27, 2025

As technology modernizes in the field, ESO EHR will continue to advance its integrations to better support your needs, including the upcoming capability of importing 15-lead ECG waveform images.

MIH

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 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

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

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

AUGUST 8, 2025

4 min read News News Feed Patient Care Headlines West Virginia Whole Blood Fort Worth Paramedics Join Dallas in Providing Mobile Blood Transfusions Patients with major blood loss in Fort Worth and surrounding communities no longer have to wait until they make it to a hospital to receive lifesaving transfusions.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 27, 2025

” The benefit of first responders using whole blood as a lifesaving tool was a lesson learned on the battlefield. “To be able to give them a new tool … this is tremendously exciting and I think it’s really going to see some benefits for our community.”

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

AUGUST 5, 2025

One such leader is Joseph Brigandi, NREMT, MEd, NCC, LPC—an EMS veteran turned licensed psychotherapist, and the founder of the First Responder Behavioral Health Institute (FRBHI). Among its flagship offerings: On-Demand Certification Programs that cover trauma resilience, psychological first aid, and emotional regulation.

EMS

JEMS

JULY 16, 2025

The discussion covers real-world applications like transporting blood samples and emergency meds, plus cutting-edge AI integration that could enable fully automated, doctor-to-door healthcare. Walsh also highlights ongoing collaborations with first responders to provide life-saving supplies on-site faster than ever.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JULY 3, 2025

7 min read Commentary EMS Training EMT Training Exclusives Paramedic Training EMS EMS Education EMT National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic Knowing When to Stop Garry Pomerleau opens up about hitting pause to prioritize his mental health.

EMS

JEMS

JUNE 24, 2025

Such skills are part of standard EMS training that all first responders complete for certification. 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

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

AUGUST 7, 2025

3 min read Flight Ambulance Operations News News Feed Air Ambulance Crash Headlines ‘Blood Everywhere’: One Killed, Three Hospitalized as Car Careens Over Sidewalk A chain-reaction of crashes, resulting in one fatality, occurred in Northeast Portland near Martin Luther King Jr.

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. Institutes of Health. 2023 [cited 2025 Jul 14]. Anguiano P.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 23, 2025

21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, 2017, and Chris Cartier was sitting at his computer at Quest Diagnostics, working. 21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 17, 2017, and Chris Cartier was sitting at his computer at Quest Diagnostics, working. 21—It was just after 2 p.m. on Monday, Sept.

First Responder

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

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. 2 Only 1% of those studied actively attempted to solicit information from the patient with a suspected Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), instead electing to question bystanders.

E-9-1-1

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

JEMS Training JEMS Events Job Board EMS Product Center EMS Airway EMS Rig Podcasts Webcasts Subscribe Patient Care Emergency Medical Care Emergency Trauma Care Cardiac & Resuscitation Airway & Respiratory EMS Operations Flight Ambulance Operations Ground Ambulance Operations Rescue Operations EMS Equipment & Gear Mobile Integrated Health (..)

First Responder

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

EMS Operations News Headlines Massachusetts More News Knowing When to Stop Garry Pomerleau opens up about hitting pause to prioritize his mental health.

Emergency Medical Technician

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. Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 4 (1), 310–317.

Mobile Integrated Health

ESO

MAY 6, 2025

Every April, first responders and data enthusiasts alike gather in Austin, Texas, for the annual leading EMS, fire, and hospital industry conference. Mobile Integrated Healthcare EMS is on the front lines of providing medical care for their communities, treating the most vulnerable of society, oftentimes on a repeated basis.

MIH

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 13, 2025

Importantly, these overdoses are often incompletely responsive to naloxone, creating confusion and concern among first responders. In one surveillance program in Philadelphia, medetomidine was found in 72% of fentanyl samples, surpassing even xylazine in prevalence.

Naloxone