By A.J. Heightman, MPA, EMT-P, Editor-in-Chief of JEMS The American Ambulance Association offered an Employment Law Basics Webinar on October 12 that presented valuable information on the employment relationship, the greatest legal exposure to every employer. This session was designed for front-line supervisors and managers and provided a practical understanding of the basic principles of employment law […]

Point Counter-Point on EMS Scene Staging and Actions       Introduction by A.J. Heightman, JEMS Editor-in-Chief A recent Blog post on FireEngineering.com by Mike McEvoy, EMS Editor for Fire Engineering and a member of the JEMS Editorial Board, fired up some readers, authors and educators who wanted to weigh in on the current practices of EMS […]

All photos: ABC Television – Episode 1 The first full season of the ride-along series Boston EMS premiered on ABC on Saturday July 30th. It’s an up-close and personal look at the men and women of Boston EMS filmed by ABC in a format different from the popular A&E NightWatch series featuring the personable crews […]

Long before I was born, my Father had many “children” that he raised. He “adopted” public safety early in his life, long before he had his own children. In particular he “adopted” and “raised” an ambulance service when Scranton State General Hospital gave it up because they didn’t want it any more.  It was his passion, his profession, […]

New Jersey EMT Instructor Earns National Award        A.J. & Kimberly Moreno During a recent trip to New Jersey for ride-alongs with Jersey City Medical Center-EMS crews and supervisors, I learned about Kimberly Moreno, a teacher at Union City (NJ) High School who received a coveted national Milken Educator Award for her outstanding Health Occupation Students of America […]

Participating in an amazing educational EMS Conference in Pennsylvania I spent the weekend lecturing at the Education Made Simple 2016 EMS Conference held at the beautiful Desmond Hotel and Conference Center in Malvern Pennsylvania, Chester County, a suburban area outside of Philadelphia. The resort hotel and conference center was an amazing place to stay and […]

Are you in the market for a new ambulance or simply interested in seeing the latest designs and features on the latest deliveries? If you are, settle back and enjoy A.J. Heightman’s sneak peek at some of the latest ambulances, squad vehicles, rescue trucks, ladders, engines and other things that caught his eye and he raced through a few of […]

I thought I would take the time to upload a ton of images from today’s American Ambulance Association “Stars of Life” luncheon at the National Press Club. There’s only so much time in a day for my great JEMS team to resize and post photos on the Web. But – after attending the luncheon today and […]

A.J. is in Omaha Nebraska lecturing at the Nebraska Emergency Medical Services Association conference. He will be delivering seven lectures over the next three days, including a keynote address on leadership lessons from the show MASH. He is joined by several other popular speakers including Steve Murphy, Dennis Edgerly and Jess Fulkerson. He is shown […]

While reading reports on flood water rescues this morning I saw this photo of several firefighters involved in an Alabama flood rescue. My heart sank and I cringed as I looked at the photo because, as a rescue instructor and certified PADI diver, I spent much of my career advising firefighters and EMS personnel assigned […]