In 1982, Connie Meyer, RN, EMT-P, attended the first day of EMT class in her hometown of Olathe, Kan. On that day, 30 years ago, she was unaware of the significant influence she would eventually have on the profession.
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has announced a plan to keep the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System servers up and running so the fire and EMS communities don’t lose access to this invaluable resource.
A sedan crashes on a lonely road in the middle of the night. The driver is unconscious, but like an electronic Lassie, the vehicle sends for help. It also does so much more. The car has the ability to provide a wealth of data regarding the crash to a 9-1-1 call taker—data that could assist […]
2011 National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) Public-Release Research Dataset is now available. The current dataset includes 14,371,941 EMS activations submitted by 35 states and territories during 2011. As with all NEMSIS datasets, the most current release doesn’t contain information that identifies patients, EMS agencies, receiving hospitals or reporting states. Datasets for 2008, 2009 […]
In 1982, Connie Meyer, RN, EMT-P, attended the first day of EMT class in her hometown of Olathe, Kan. On that day, 30 years ago, she was unaware of the significant influence she would eventually have on the profession. From those humble beginnings working for a small, rural, hospital-based ambulance service, Meyer began a career […]
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) has announced a plan to keep the National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System servers up and running so the fire and EMS communities don’t lose access to this invaluable resource. The IAFC was notified in September that not only had the funding it receives from the U.S. Department […]
A sedan crashes on a lonely road in the middle of the night. The driver is unconscious, but like an electronic Lassie, the vehicle sends for help. It also does so much more. The car has the ability to provide a wealth of data regarding the crash to a 9-1-1 call taker—data that could assist […]
How they snagged the big one Last year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it would award up to $1 billion in Healthcare Innovation Grants to applicants with the most compelling new ideas on how to deliver better health, improved care and lower costs to people enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid and the […]
Focus on public health initiatives Rural/Metro Corporation announced it has established a nonprofit organization named the Rural/Metro Clinical Excellence Project (RMCEP). According to a press release, the mission of the project is to inform and educate the public and the EMS community nationwide about the importance of prehospital public health initiatives. One such initiative is […]
Sheldon Gilbert has stepped down in June as fire chief of the Alameda County (Calif.) Fire Department to become the new director of business development and government affairs for Paramedics Plus, a Texas-based emergency medical services company with operations in California, Florida, Oklahoma and Indiana. Gilbert will be working out of Alameda, Calif. Paramedics Plus […]
Teresa McCallion, EMT-B, is the editor of EMS Insider and frequent contributor to JEMS Magazine and JEMS.com. She worked for many years as a newspaper journalist and served as a volunteer for her local fire department.
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