The trend toward community paramedicine, a/k/a, mobile integrated healthcare, is growing nationwide. That’s good news, from the point of view of firefighters. It relieves some of the load of time-consuming […]
On this show, we discuss the tragic case of Drew Hughes, a North Carolina boy who died much too young. We’ll talk about what happened and why…and how it could […]
Fire and EMS are challenging enough in a city, where there are resources available. But in rural areas, they’re even more of a challenge. EMS, for example – when there’s […]
When you’re on a medical call, does the Prime Directive ever enter your mind? We’re not talking Star Trek. We mean this one: First, do no harm. My guest on […]
Once upon a time, we all thought we had the ultimate in EMS gear and knew the best techniques. Then time passed, and the stuff we used and knew became […]
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Like many other fire departments around the nation, Mesa Fire is seeing more calls for service at a time when the department is also watching its budget shrink. But Mesa […]
Fire-based EMS has been common since the 1970s. The first civilian mobile medical units appeared in Europe in the 1960s In 1969, while serving as president of the Los Angeles […]
Everybody knows it takes at least four to five people to work a full code, right? So what do you do when you’re the only paramedic available? It’s a situation […]
The Ludwig Group website Gary Ludwig is recognized as a respected national fire and EMS author, public speaker, and expert who has managed two award-winning metropolitan EMS systems (Memphis and […]