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‘Culture eats strategy’: Rebuilding an EMS system from the ground up

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Reality check: How close does TV get to real EMS?

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When the job follows you home

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Online EMS education: More than just recorded lectures

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Inside EMS co-host debate: Street time or straight to medic?

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Stop guessing your blood gases

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How everyday actions shape EMS culture

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Stop leading EMS like it’s a bar fight

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Beyond check-the-box: Making National Registry prep actually stick

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Are you burned out — or done?

11

AI, body cams and bills on the Hill

12

A paramedic-school survival guide to autonomic chaos

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Oh, baby: Birth, breakthroughs and the Broselow tape blunder

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This isn’t your Facebook group’s EMS debate

15

The buffer system decoded: Mastering CO2, pH and patient care

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The National EMS Memorial Bike Ride: Because they mattered — and still do

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From venomous bites to venomous behavior: A second helping of the top EMS stories of 2025

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Callouts, chaos and career killers: The biggest EMS stories of the year

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Why avoiding tough talks is killing your credibility

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Fire/EMS pay parity and a big helping of cranberry sauce

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Whole blood, dual shocks and why the AHA still doesn’t get us

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TikTok star Jimmy Apple is challenging EMS dogma with data and kindness

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How to lead without being that boss

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AHA 2025 updates are here: Cue the overreactions and the protocol rewrites

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Booze, blood and blurred lines: Should EMS play cop?

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Train harder, lead louder: What tomorrow’s medics really need

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From blame to burnout: How negativity takes over your shift

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Sepsis math: Every hour = 8% closer to the morgue

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Is ‘Code 3’ the most accurate EMS film ever?

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Facts fade, stories stick: Why EMS needs better storytellers

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Conquering pediatric airway panic: Training, tools and tough truths

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Is AI a partner in EMS — or its unpredictable coworker?

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When kidneys strike back: What every medic should know

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We’re not OK: The What Paramedics Want in 2025 report pulls no punches

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White shirts, real talk: When the badge gets heavy

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POCUS focus: Game changer or gimmick?

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The pediatric call that makes your stomach drop

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Tactical empathy: The leadership tool you’re not using enough

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Not just trainers: How FTOs build culture, confidence and hotshot crews

40

Fusion medicine meets EMS: Inside Utah’s newest care approach

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‘If you think Taco Bell is a post location, you might be in EMS’

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Criticism 101: Why you should stop blowing off feedback

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Hot as a hare, mad as a hatter: Cracking the toxidrome code

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Not your average sugar rush: EMS strategies for DKA

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Is your EMS agency all talk, no accountability? Here’s how to fix that

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EMS on the Hill: Why advocacy matters now more than ever

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Exhausted and overworked: The fatigue crisis in EMS

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Future-proofing EMS: How a new course is building results-driven problem solvers

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‘Death was staring me in the face’: Kelly Grayson’s no-BS guide to getting healthy

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Show me the money: How EMS can tap into opioid funding

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Pencils down: EMS test-taking tips … from a guy who writes EMS tests

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EMS life: Stuck in an ambulance with your work enemy?

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‘You hope it never happens’: Responding to an MCI on Bourbon Street

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Why every EMS agency needs a mental health game plan

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News flash: Don’t treat patients with an expired certification

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Male-centric medicine: Why women’s health is EMS’s next big challenge

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The science behind shock: Why providers must understand the RAAS

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‘Be curious, not judgmental’: What Ted Lasso can teach EMS

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When the unthinkable happens: 2024’s most unbelievable EMS calls

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Pay to stay: Why EMS providers are voting with their feet

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Accountability in action: Building a culture that sticks in EMS

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Making every data point count: Strengthening EMS operations through technology

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The EMS Book Club: 10 texts all paramedics should have on their shelves

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‘Is nasal intubation dead?’: How to think about ‘old school’ EMS training

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This isn’t you, right?: 10 signs of a bad employee

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‘Leadership is an action’: 10 signs of a bad EMS supervisor

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Cultivating the next generation of EMS

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The enduring legacy of 9/11 on public safety practices

69

Clinical dive: Should you consider naloxone during OHCA response?

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Response time addiction: Is EMS under an urgency illusion?

71

Navigating international healthcare and a $60K+ flight home

72

‘Everybody is doing weed’: Should EMS providers have the option if legal?

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Motivating the unmotivated: How to empower your EMS workforce

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Nancy Magee: ‘Volunteerism is at the core of every civil society’

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‘Ask your doctor if Ozempic is right for you’: EMS and semiglutides

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‘From oxygen to ketamine’: Why dosing matters, regardless of drug type

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Career progression: ‘A good paramedic should outgrow their protocols’

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‘Where is your strength as an EMS provider?’

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EMT partners: ‘The people that really make it happen’ on calls

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‘We have to change’: Matt Zavadsky on his new role and how EMS needs to evolve

81

Goodbye, pencil whipping: Reimagining drug tracking compliance

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‘We are patient advocates’: When ‘backing the blue’ puts EMS in a difficult position

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Leadership styles: Progressive discipline vs. coaching culture

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‘A series of unfortunate events’: The danger of bias cascade in EMS

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‘Sell the sizzle, not the steak’: How to engage and captivate EMS audiences

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‘We have to battle hard’: EMS pain points and what it will take to fix them

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Credibility code: Building trust beyond the call

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EMS and the art of situational awareness

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Engaging frontline providers with quality improvement

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Next-gen emergency response: How live streaming can transform 911 dispatch

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Unraveling the complexities of heart blocks

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Emphasizing patient advocacy in EMS education

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Inside EMS: Challenges and opportunities for EMS in 2024

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Voluntary AEMT accreditation: A ’game-changer’ in EMS education

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Complacency kills: A critical look at EMS incidents and policy in 2023

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‘Keepers of the flame’: Reflecting on the role of preceptors

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Transforming EMS leadership: Beyond buzzwords to real change

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Chick-fil-A vs. the duty to act

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Pioneering paramedicine: How SCCAD tackles substance use disorders

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Navigating EMS assessments: A dive into best practices