Colossal Fail - ET3! By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS, * What Happened? When the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced the Emergency Triage, Treat, and Transport (ET3) Model as a nationwide demonstration program, I was excited. When speaking with my colleagues in the EMS...
CHALLENGES IN RURAL AND FRONTIER MOBILE MEDICINE PART II By Ed Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.) *  Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies face many challenges in the current environment. In many respects, the EMS experience is a microcosm of the broader healthcare system. There is an abundance of financial, operational, and...
Be A Mr. Ford BY GARY HARVAT, CMTE, EMT-P (RET)* Life is full of opportunities – some you grab and some you pass. Hopefully, those you seize will turn out well; be it in your personal or professional life. I’ve been very fortunate as many of the opportunities that...
Challenges in Rural & Frontier Mobile Medicine, Part I By Ed Marasco, MPM, CMTE, EMT-P (Ret.) * Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies face many challenges in the current environment. In many respects, the EMS experience is a microcosm of the broader healthcare system. There is an abundance of financial,...
Safety at Roadside Emergencies is Non-Negotiable *By William D. Hayes, MBA, EFO Is the Scene Safe? It’s no secret that working roadside emergencies is one of the most dangerous situations that emergency responders can find themselves in. In 2022, the Emergency Responder Safety Institute (ERSI) cited 11 fire/EMS personnel...
Should EMS Reduce the Use of Lights & Sirens? Part II By Brian Maloney * When people ask me why I got into emergency medical services I tell them the story of taking a CPR class while in college. I completely fell in love with the idea of being...
Should EMS Reduce the Use of Lights & Sirens? Part I By Brian Maloney * When people ask me why I got into emergency medical services I tell them the story of taking a CPR class while in college. I completely fell in love with the idea of being able...
Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! Part 2 By Matt Heffelfinger, MBA, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, CMTE * The Q-Bi Tool was developed by Quick Med Claims (QMC), in concert with QMC Clients, several years ago to provide additional transparency, more robust reporting, and business analytics capability. The tool was...
Q-Bi, from a Super User Perspective! Part 1 By Matt Heffelfinger, MBA, RN, CFRN, EMT-P, CMTE * The Q-Bi Tool was developed by Quick Med Claims (QMC), in concert with QMC Clients, several years ago to provide additional transparency, more robust reporting, and business analytics capability. The tool was...
Sign on the Dotted Line! Properly Obtaining Patient Signatures in the Field. By Chuck Humphrey, B.A., EMT-B, CAC, CACO, CADS * Can you boast a 100% signature rate? In my 37 years of EMS field experience, I can boast a 100% patient signature success rate…NOT! It’s a joke that...
