1+ week, 5+ day ago   (155+ words) GREENVILLE, Ohio — Spirit EMS announced the line-of-duty death of Paramedic Karl Kleinekathoefer, who died on Aug. 29. Kleinekathoefer died at Spirit EMS headquarters in Greenville, the agency said. | DOWNLOAD: What Paramedics Want in 2026 Kleinekathoefer was found unresponsive and not breathing in…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (504+ words) EMS1 EMS One-Stop: The EMS research every clinician should be reading Drs. Christopher Richards and Christian Martin-Gill challenge us to engage with a new essential reading list EMS research has grown rapidly, but finding the studies that truly matter to everyday…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (69+ words) EMS1 MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — Montgomery County Hospital District paramedics are nearing completion of their training before being released to field operations and assigned to MCHD ambulances. | MORE: Challenges and best practices in prehospital cricothyrotomy The group spent last week reviewing and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (177+ words) By Liz Harney NRP, APP, CCP-C, BBA There was a song in the early ’90s called “Shiny Happy People” by R.E.M. Every time I hear it, I think about EMS. Not because our profession is filled with shiny, happy…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (283+ words) Image created via chatGPT DENVER — Emergency medical services are now officially recognized as an essential service in Colorado under a law that took effect Aug. 12. Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 26-1238 on May 5. The law designates EMS — including ground and…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (196+ words) By Mark PriceThe Charlotte Observer NASH COUNTY, N.C. — The director of emergency medical services for Nash County drowned Saturday in waters along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast, officials say. It happened near the Shackleford Banks, a barrier island at the southern end…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (779+ words) Every profession’s members eventually reach a point where they have to stop asking, “What have we always done?” and start asking, “What should excellence look like now?” EMS has reached that point. For decades, we have measured ourselves largely by…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (276+ words) NEPTUNE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Neptune Township EMS Chief Bil Rosen died in the line of duty after collapsing while on the job on Aug. 4, the agency reported. He was 59. “It is with great sadness that we share the news that Neptune Township…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (289+ words) Image created via chatGPT MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — A new report from the Academy of International Mobile Healthcare Integration provides EMS agencies with benchmarks for evaluating performance beyond ambulance response times. | MORE: EMS is more than a transportation service: Why reimbursement must…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1167+ words) Many EMS education programs do an excellent job teaching clinical skills but struggle to prepare students for the realities of the field, as patients typically don’t collapse in quiet classrooms. They become critically ill in crowded restaurants, noisy stadiums, dark…...