Reports & Resources

EMS Trend Report 2023: What paramedics want in 2023 is the latest iteration of the EMS Trend Report, produced through a collaboration between Fitch & Associates, EMS1, the EMS Survey Team and NEMSMA, and sponsored by Pulsara. In this year’s EMS Trend Survey, we turned the lens towards provider stress, and uncovered alarming levels causing…

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In the 2022 EMS Trend Survey, as in years past, we examine perceptions and experiences across the country on topics like staffing, clinical adoption and hope for the future. This year, we also dove deeper into certain areas than we have previously, most notably related to leadership and safety. Because if some of the concerns…

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Balancing “I say, you do” with empathy and stewardship Published by EMS1 By Guillermo Fuentes, MBA, Fitch & Associates I often hear the theory of servant leadership and how it doesn’t apply to the concept of command, as paramilitary systems are inherently top-down structures. The concept in command structures is, “I say and you do.”…

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Surface the top talent your agency should develop with a focus on professional development and recognition Published by EMS1 By Jay Fitch, PhD, Fitch & Associates Attracting the best and brightest to EMS leadership is an important goal. The goal is elevated from important to imperative when one considers the impending retirement of the baby-boomer…

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