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Recent Announcements and New Resources on EMS.gov

American Ambulance Association

From EMS.gov on January 24, 2024 Recent Announcements TODAY: Rural Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Training Grant Pre-Application Webinar The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is hosting a webinar […] The post Recent Announcements and New Resources on EMS.gov appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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Maintaining Resilience and Mental Health in the EMS Profession

NCOAE

The suicide rate among emergency medical service (EMS) professionals rose a shocking 38 percent since 2009, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. In addition, we should all be working together to improve the situation for EMS professionals. What’s the solution? Let them do their jobs.

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A Chef and a Paramedic Walk Into a Bar.

The Overrun

In his book, Kitchen Confidential , he talks about the business of cooking food a lot like colleagues I know talk about EMS. And in the end, the only thing you really can depend on are your fellow cooks and service people; because they are in it next to you. Kind of like EMS. So why do they, and we, do it? It’s not masochism.