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10/01/2025

During Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month, we reflect on the incredible progress we’ve made in educating communities about the dangers of SCA and the importance of being aware and prepared in case of a cardiac emergency. Through community support, we’ve continued to expand our reach and provi...

10/01/2025

10/01/2025

09/29/2025

Hello all, due to unforeseen circumstances I am writing & creating this Go Fund Me on behalf o… Azelyn Arenas needs your support for In Loving Memory of Veyda

09/29/2025

Service Announcement for FF Larry Lucarino

https://www.dewalds.com/obituaries/Lawrence-Lucarino?obId=45728461

09/28/2025

📢 Attention EMS Professionals! 📢

JEMS is looking for insightful, innovative, and inspiring stories from the EMS community.

Submit your story ideas for publication consideration and contribute to the growth and knowledge of our profession.

🔗 https://ow.ly/sK8k50X2WUC

09/27/2025

It's First Responders Day in Pennsylvania. 🚨👏

First responders: Thanks for taking care of all of us. Please take care of yourselves, too. 🫶

09/27/2025

09/26/2025

Ever wonder why we’re still called “certified” in some states, or why you have to be tied to an agency roster just to keep practicing? It’s not random, it’s the shadow of EMS’s transportation-first beginnings still shaping the rules.

We’ve grown into a profession that delivers complex, high-acuity care, but too often the system still treats us like upgraded ambulance drivers. The history behind it explains a lot about today’s challenges with recognition, reimbursement, and regulation.

If you think you already know the story, it’s worth another look; you’ll see how much of the past we’re still carrying: https://ow.ly/JM4G50X2Ppu

09/24/2025

Remember: ALS is a tool, not a personality trait: https://ow.ly/VLuw50X1L4u

In EMS, we’ve all seen it: the “start a line, run a 12-lead, blast O₂” reflex...every patient, every time.
Protocol Overcompensatus, anyone?

But here’s the truth: more interventions aren’t always better. Doing everything for every patient can stretch scene times, burn supplies, inflate costs, and blur the line between necessary care and procedural habit.

Good prehospital care isn’t about checking boxes. It’s about judgment: assessing the patient, weighing risk, and acting based on clinical need—not fear or habit.

✅ Start that IV if it’s needed.
✅ Run a 12-lead if the story and vitals say yes.
✅ Give meds that actually improve outcomes.
❌ Don’t do it just because it’s “what paramedics do.”

Judgment is your most powerful tool. Use it. Respect it.

09/24/2025

Local fire and EMS companies have until Oct. 20 to apply for state grants to help pay for facility improvements, equipment purchase and repair, debt reduction, training and certification, and more. Details and applications here: http://bit.ly/46tot8i

01/16/2025

The Closest Appropriate Facility Versus Patient Choice: A Delicate Balancing Act for the Stable Patient - https://ow.ly/hsEw50UHRyO

How does an EMS system weigh a patient’s interests with those of an EMS system and the community? There are four pillars of medical ethics that can guide this conflict:

1. Beneficence (help the patient)
2. Non-maleficence (do no harm)
3. Autonomy (respect the patient’s wishes)
4. Justice (be equitable to all persons in the community)

Giving the patient a degree of autonomy when they are in your care is advantageous. It increases their trust in the healthcare system, improves the patient-provider relationship and even mental health.

Regarding beneficence, patients may benefit from bypass due to remaining in the same medical system where they are receiving long-term care or because they need to stay in network for their health insurance.