ESO

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Ambulance Patient Offload Time (APOT) is a new metric introduced in the 2024 ESO EMS Index that measures the duration from when an ambulance arrives at the hospital to the transfer of patient care to hospital personnel. They not only add friction to the patient care continuum, but they also tax already limited EMS and hospital resources.

MIH 59

MIH NFPA Ambulance EMS 59

ESO

AUGUST 11, 2023

While that is a staggering difference, there’s an opportunity for improvement in documentation, especially considering that 18% of property loss and 27% of content loss were recorded indicating “null” or “zero.” Why recording loss is so important Assessing the full impact of fire devastation can help departments in a variety of ways.

NFPA 52

NFPA Firefighter OR EMS 52

ESO

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The 2024 ESO Fire Service Index shows that: 67% of all calls are EMS-related, while 3% are fire-related. Research from ESO , based on data from more than 31,000 personnel across 581 agencies , shows that: Only 8% of firefighters documented fire-related exposure, but 82% of those performed at least one on-scene decontamination procedure.

E-9-1-1 52

E-9-1-1 NFPA Firefighter EMS 52

The Overrun

JULY 6, 2021

That’s the union that represents the over 4,000 clinicians in the Fire Department of the City of New York EMS Command (FDNY*EMS), and Michael has talked with us about the work that he and his members have been doing to fight for parity and fair working conditions for paramedics and EMTs in FDNY. It seems like it is.

Firefighter 52

Firefighter Public Safety EMT EMT 52