JEMS - EMS

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JEMS is the source for emergency medical services professionals. An official Clarion Events, Inc. publication.

Rochelle Park, New Jersey

Joined March 2009

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 26

Neurodivergent patients, including autistic individuals and those with IDD, often experience stress, miscommunication, or even harm in emergency care due to provider discomfort or lack of inclusive practices. This article encourages EMS professionals to build not just skill, but…

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 25

Former Seattle 911 Supervisor Wins $875K Settlement Over Vaccine Mandate Firing firefighternation.com/health-wellnes…

jemsconnect's tweet card. A former Seattle 911 communications supervisor has reached an $875,000 settlement with the city after being fired over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 25

PTSD in EMS isn’t a “rare side effect.” It’s the cost of a culture that tells medics to shut up and tough it out. Here’s what happens when silence catches up: 🔗 ow.ly/y4Hi50WuoAZ #EMS #PTSD #FirstResponderHealth #JEMS

jemsconnect's tweet card. Mike Doss shares what decades in EMS taught—what it nearly took—from him.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 24

🚨 The follow-up is here. After an article proposing that placing NPs/PAs into EMS article blew up, a rebuttal from the Chair of the American Paramedic Association is here: “EMS doesn’t need replacing. It needs respect.” 📖 ow.ly/XHhr50WuOJP 🔁 Original:…

jemsconnect's tweet image. 🚨 The follow-up is here.

After an article proposing that placing NPs/PAs into EMS article blew up, a rebuttal from the Chair of the American Paramedic Association is here:

“EMS doesn’t need replacing. It needs respect.”

📖 ow.ly/XHhr50WuOJP
🔁 Original:…

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 24

📢 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 community. 🔗 ow.ly/9VqZ50V9FGj

jemsconnect's tweet image. 📢 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 community.

🔗 ow.ly/9VqZ50V9FGj

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 24

WEBCAST TODAY, 10:00 am ET: ow.ly/gsim50Wn1Us How Successful Grassroots Community Paramedicine Launched a City’s Role in Public Health Fire departments are evolving. Learn how Gainesville’s CRP program leads with mobile care, intervention, and data-driven health.

jemsconnect's tweet image. WEBCAST TODAY, 10:00 am ET: ow.ly/gsim50Wn1Us
How Successful Grassroots Community Paramedicine Launched a City’s Role in Public Health

Fire departments are evolving. Learn how Gainesville’s CRP program leads with mobile care, intervention, and data-driven health.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 24

After a spiky metal object known as a “caltrop” disabled an ambulance while responding to a call for service Monday evening, authorities are offering a reward to anyone who has information on who might be spreading the spikes on Paso Robles roads: ow.ly/QjgI50WupZ6

jemsconnect's tweet card. After a spiky metal object known as a “caltrop” disabled an ambulance while responding to a call for service Monday evening, authorities are offering a reward to anyone who has information.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 23

EMS: See trauma. Clock out. Turn on the news. See more trauma. Parenting: Try not to let your kid absorb any of it. Twist: Your kid might be better at handling it than you. 👇 Read this perspective from the front lines: ow.ly/agrm50WtSWA

jemsconnect's tweet image. EMS: See trauma. Clock out. Turn on the news. See more trauma.
Parenting: Try not to let your kid absorb any of it.
Twist: Your kid might be better at handling it than you.
👇 Read this perspective from the front lines:
ow.ly/agrm50WtSWA

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 22

Tucked inside the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025" is a rare win for EMS: a new income tax deduction on overtime pay. If you're grinding long shifts, this might mean a little more in your pocket. More from Steve Wirth at PWW: 🔗 ow.ly/3AQ950Wtxjv

jemsconnect's tweet card. Employees will now benefit from a significant tax break.

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Dr. Hayder Mazin@Dr_HayderMazin · Jul 22

The hidden toll of #EMSFrontlineFatigue is undeniable. My article (Part 1) in @jemsconnect explores the research on burnout, moral injury & mental health challenges for our first responders. Part 2 on Aug 5. Read The Article here: jems.com/mental-health-…

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 22

WEBCAST THURSDAY, 10:00 am ET: ow.ly/gsim50Wn1Us How Successful Grassroots Community Paramedicine Launched a City’s Role in Public Health Fire departments are evolving. Learn how Gainesville’s CRP program leads with mobile care, intervention, and data-driven health.

jemsconnect's tweet image. WEBCAST THURSDAY, 10:00 am ET: ow.ly/gsim50Wn1Us
How Successful Grassroots Community Paramedicine Launched a City’s Role in Public Health

Fire departments are evolving. Learn how Gainesville’s CRP program leads with mobile care, intervention, and data-driven health.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 21

LITERATURE REVIEW A recent 20-year review from London Air Ambulance evaluated prehospital resuscitative thoracotomy (RT) in traumatic cardiac arrest. The results? 🩺 601 RTs performed in the field 🩺 5% survived to discharge 🩺 21% survival in tamponade with PEA under 1-minute…

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 19

A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people. ow.ly/RXHh50WseUp

jemsconnect's tweet card. A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, injuring 30 people.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 19

Self-driving rigs. Drone AED drops. AI doing triage. EMS innovation or just more tech hype? You decide: ow.ly/QaeW50Wse94 #EMS #Paramedics #EMSTwitter #JEMS #Automation #PublicSafetyTech

jemsconnect's tweet card. Innovations like drones and self-driving ambulances offer better outcomes while regulatory, technical and trust barriers remain.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 18

Some bounce back. Some get benched. Others never recover. It’s not just the job—it’s what built us before it. Hope isn’t a slogan. It’s survival. 🔗 ow.ly/ebPy50WrYUG

jemsconnect's tweet card. First responder mental health starts with resilience, support and self-awareness.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 18

I mean, who do you spend more time with? 🫠

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 17

Happening soon!

JJEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 17

WEBCAST TODAY, 4:30 pm ET: ow.ly/FXuo50WfFU9 The Future of Leadership in Fire Services: Embracing Human Strengths in an AI-Driven World As AI advances, fire leaders must adapt. This session covers leading in an AI-driven world.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 17

"Here’s a probe, now go find that bleed." We deserve better than 16-hour 'scan and guess' classes. POCUS needs structure, not shortcuts. 👉 ow.ly/SqsI50WrkgZ #EMS #POCUS #FOAMems #PrehospitalCare #StreetMedicine

jemsconnect's tweet card. Explore limitations in paramedic ultrasound education and discover community-driven strategies to enhance training, integration and clinical competency.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 17

jemsconnect's tweet image. WEBCAST TODAY, 4:30 pm ET: ow.ly/FXuo50WfFU9
The Future of Leadership in Fire Services: Embracing Human Strengths in an AI-Driven World

As AI advances, fire leaders must adapt. This session covers leading in an AI-driven world.

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JEMS - EMS@jemsconnect · Jul 16

Field amputations aren’t in your scope. But when the scene goes to hell and a trapped limb is the only thing between life and death, you better have a plan. This isn’t cowboy medicine — it’s worst-case readiness. 👉 ow.ly/sSSY50WqNuG #EMS #PrehospitalTrauma…

jemsconnect's tweet image. Field amputations aren’t in your scope. But when the scene goes to hell and a trapped limb is the only thing between life and death, you better have a plan. This isn’t cowboy medicine — it’s worst-case readiness.
👉 ow.ly/sSSY50WqNuG

#EMS #PrehospitalTrauma…

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