The Brilliance of EMS Workforce Management Software
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If you are a regular reader, you probably noticed that we added a new sponsor to our sidebar earlier this summer. It’s with great pride that I’m announcing a new sponsor to our readership, Aladtec Incor...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 22, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Everything Else slider Source Type: blogs
Werner Herzog Tackles Texting and Driving in New Documentary
Fantastic film maker goes after an issue so important to us in EMS.
(Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Roanoke Ambulance Reports Time Savings by Switching to Aladtec Online Employee Scheduling
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Roanoke Municipal Ambulance (IL) Reports Significant Time Savings by Switching to Online Employee Scheduling from Aladtec, Inc.
This agency announces they are saving 40 hours a month in labor by using
EMS Manager for scheduling and payroll integration.
September 4, 2013 – Roanoke, IL – Using spreadsheets to organize, schedule and accommodate payroll for 20 paid and volunteer staff members at Roanoke Municipal Ambulance became far too time consuming for Troy Schuler, Chief of Ambulance Operations. “We needed to make a change. I spent several months trying all the free demos I co...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
DC Medic Who Worte “Dire Concerns” Letter Suspended
WASHINGTON — A D.C. paramedic who publicly criticized staff shortages this week says the fire department has now placed him on administrative leave. The paramedic, Jon Botwin, wrote a letter to city council last week following the death of a 5-month-old baby girl. [Read the whole story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Swab Until Clean My Friends
(Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Knowledge Source Type: blogs
A Letter From Your E.R. Doctor
Earlier this month, Dr. Rose Owens penned an open letter to EMT’s and paramedics across the country. She posted it in the Facebook forum “Paramedics on Facebook”. As a paramedic, Dr. Rose sees prehospital caregivers from the inside as well as from her position in the ER. This makes her observations so important. Her words are an interesting insight into our profession from an “outside” perspective. I post them here with her permission and blessing and I offer them without further commentary.
Dear POF Readers,
I was an EMT, then a Paramedic. Then I went to medical school and I’m your ER...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: The Big Get It slider Source Type: blogs
4 Things You Can Tell The Police Without Violating HIPAA
HIPAA Rules. Is there anything in medicine that is more commonly misunderstood?
I was recently involved in a pretty tense scene where several drunk friends tried to assist in the resuscitation of their drunk, half drowned buddy. By the time we were done, there were multiple patients, multiple TASER deployments and several of our local law enforcement officers requesting written statements from all crew members involved. While we sat around the E.R. break room, filling out forms in triplicate, the predictable HIPAA question was asked.
What can we say in this statement? Can I just write, “Information protected by HIPAA...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Knowledge slider Source Type: blogs
The Artist in The Ambulance
I found this fun little tribute video on YouTube today. With the accessibility of digital media, why aren’t we all making more of these?
Thanks for that ABEMTShayna.
If you make more, let me know.
Steve (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - September 9, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Everything Else slider Source Type: blogs
Ambulance Inc. of KY Saves 40 Hours a Month With Aladtec’s EMS Manager
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Ambulance Inc. of Laurel County (KY) Announces They Save 40 Hours a Month in Labor With Aladtec’s EMS Manager for Staff Scheduling
This company’s switch to online employee scheduling and workforce management frees up 10 hours a week for administrators.
August 19, 2013 – London, KY – Ambulance Inc. realized how outdated their previous method of scheduling staff was when they were shown an EMS Manager system. “One of our employees showed us how he is scheduled at another company he works for. He explained it is an online system so he can access his schedule anytime from a...
Source: The EMT Spot - August 22, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
NY EMT arrested for certification test scam
An EMT was arrested Wednesday after he posted a Craigslist ad to find someone to pose as himself to take the EMT test. [Read the whole story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - August 15, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Texas Firefighters Died From Blunt Force / Blast Injuries
WACO, Texas (AP) — Autopsy results for emergency responders killed in a fiery Central Texas fertilizer plant explosion have shown all died of blunt force trauma or blast injuries.
Fifteen people died and about 200 were hurt as a result of the April 17 blast at the plant in West. Ten victims were first-responders rushing to the initial blaze. [Read the whole story here.] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - August 8, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Berwyn Fire Increases Efficiency With Online Crew Scheduling by Aladtec
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Berwyn Fire Dept. (IL) Increases Efficiency by Switching to Online Crew Scheduling by Aladtec
This agency solves administrative hassles by replacing a burdensome paper scheduling calendar with
FIRE Manager…a state-of-the-art online employee management system.
August 8, 2013 – Berwyn, IL – Anyone who has used a paper calendar to schedule staff, shift trades and events knows the drawbacks: error prone; inefficient; hard to keep current and you must re-print and re-post the calendar with every change.
Deputy Chief Paul Gardner Jr. of the Berwyn (IL) Fire Depar...
Source: The EMT Spot - August 8, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
EMS and Fire Camp For Girls Promotes Emergency Service Careers
Instructors in Chippewa Valley Technical College’s fire service program and other area firefighters, hope to inspire today’s generation of girls to see a career as a firefighter or an EMT as an opportunity open to them.
To that end CVTC is hosting “Girls on Fire,” a five-day camp for teenage girls, grades seven to 12. During the camp, the girls participated in a series of simulated firefighting and emergency situations. [Read the whole story on EMS1] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - August 8, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
EMS Manager Saves Temple Health One Day Every Month in Scheduling Time
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Temple Health System Transport Team (PA) Announces Aladtec’s EMS Manager
Saves Them One Day Every Month in Scheduling Time
Switching from a spreadsheet schedule to an online SaaS (Software as a Service)
system not only gives this agency back over two work weeks in labor every year,
it also improves employee accountability.
July 24, 2013 – Philadelphia, PA – Anyone who has ever dealt with a schedule created on a spreadsheet, calendar or whiteboard knows it’s time consuming to create it and frustrating to maintain it. And, the more people there are to s...
Source: The EMT Spot - August 1, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
Facebook Photo Leads to Demotion
July 31–FALMOUTH — A town firefighter has been demoted after an internal investigation into photos posted on his Facebook account that purportedly showed him drinking alcohol while in a vehicle. [Read the whole story.] (Source: The EMT Spot)
Source: The EMT Spot - August 1, 2013 Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: administrator Tags: Research and News Source Type: blogs
