That legal framing sets the stage for “Getting past ‘no’ when the patient needs to go,” in which Samantha Johnson, Esq.; and ...

For decades, EMS reimbursement has depended on moving the ambulance. TIP flips that model, rewarding clinical judgment over mileage — if payers, protocols and QA can keep up.

When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

You arrive at the scene to find a patient struggling to breathe. They can’t speak clearly, no family is present, and no one knows their medical history. What medications are they on? Do they have life ...

The evolution of automobile design and technology, including safety devices, has affected patient injuries and treatment for first responders significantly. The newest construction techniques have ...

CommonSpirit Health says its new interoperability partnership with ESO, a vendor of patient registry software for emergency medical services, is improving patient care and provider education across ...

Severely injured patients are more likely to survive if they are initially treated by an emergency medical services (EMS) clinician who sees a high number of trauma patients, rather than a clinician ...

(TNS) — When emergency medical workers are inbound to a hospital with a patient, seconds count. Any delay in communication, such as an EMS crew being too far from a radio tower, can result in a slower ...