/ambulances-held-hostage Ambulances held hostage en-US Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:10:39 GMT /international/articles/funding-models-down-under-with-tony-walker-bBAGKUCC0xI4BPCx/ Current challenges, issues and solutions common to both U.S. and Australia EMS, including hospital handovers and lights and siren responses Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:10:39 GMT /international/articles/funding-models-down-under-with-tony-walker-bBAGKUCC0xI4BPCx/ /hospital/articles/apot-breaking-down-the-wall-uCDauXQdc5jFuVOo/ “We have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system” Wed, 18 May 2022 20:35:19 GMT /hospital/articles/apot-breaking-down-the-wall-uCDauXQdc5jFuVOo/ /ems-management/articles/hospital-delays-the-toll-it-takes-on-our-employees-6UxcaVpgVDDl3SIm/ Keeping the strain on EMS providers front of mind Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:44:38 GMT /ems-management/articles/hospital-delays-the-toll-it-takes-on-our-employees-6UxcaVpgVDDl3SIm/ /hospital/n-h-hospital-proves-its-value-in-first-year Dr. Devin Keefe said the Plaistow hospital helps EMS personnel get back in service in three to five minutes Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:00:44 GMT /hospital/n-h-hospital-proves-its-value-in-first-year /hospital/md-hospital-spends-6m-to-reduce-ed-wait-times Northwest Hospital in Randallstown completed a major upgrade to its emergency department to improve the flow of patients transported by EMS Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:22:51 GMT /hospital/md-hospital-spends-6m-to-reduce-ed-wait-times /hospital/research-highlights-minn-ed-backlog-due-to-unnecessary-patient-care In a five-month period, patients spent 65,000 more days than needed in hospital inpatient beds Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:09:16 GMT /hospital/research-highlights-minn-ed-backlog-due-to-unnecessary-patient-care /hospital/debate-over-bed-number-at-new-md-hospital UM Upper Chesapeake Medical Center CEO refutes Harford County residents' claims that more beds are needed Sun, 03 Dec 2023 17:00:00 GMT /hospital/debate-over-bed-number-at-new-md-hospital /legal/patient-abandonment-stop-the-nonsense What patient abandonment isn’t, and why it’s time to confront this EMS boogeyman Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:43:08 GMT /legal/patient-abandonment-stop-the-nonsense /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/calif-bill-would-limit-wall-time-to-30-minutes-vphwYKx6xKcw6aNK/ Legislation requires hospitals to develop ambulance bed delay protocols by Sept. 1, 2024 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:08:26 GMT /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/calif-bill-would-limit-wall-time-to-30-minutes-vphwYKx6xKcw6aNK/ /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/12-24-hour-waits-patient-walkouts-plague-ny-citys-eds-l2lQfCvE6MnUPMtJ/ News investigation finds that Syracuse hospital emergency departments have wait times high above the national average Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:38:12 GMT /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/12-24-hour-waits-patient-walkouts-plague-ny-citys-eds-l2lQfCvE6MnUPMtJ/ /international/articles/funding-models-down-under-with-tony-walker-bBAGKUCC0xI4BPCx/ Current challenges, issues and solutions common to both U.S. and Australia EMS, including hospital handovers and lights and siren responses Tue, 14 Mar 2023 16:10:39 GMT /international/articles/funding-models-down-under-with-tony-walker-bBAGKUCC0xI4BPCx/ /ems-advocacy/articles/30-healthcare-groups-urge-president-biden-to-convene-summit-on-ed-delays-muU7D1qi0l5qSpSL/ Advocacy, public health and medical specialty organizations signed a nine-page joint letter describing the ambulance bed crisis in a series of stories Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:30:10 GMT /ems-advocacy/articles/30-healthcare-groups-urge-president-biden-to-convene-summit-on-ed-delays-muU7D1qi0l5qSpSL/ /ems-trend-report/articles/what-paramedics-want-in-2022-4PVYVO9rHnGRwfzW/ 3,213 EMS providers speak up about job satisfaction, effective leadership, safety and innovation in the EMS Trend Survey Fri, 22 Jul 2022 18:12:22 GMT /ems-trend-report/articles/what-paramedics-want-in-2022-4PVYVO9rHnGRwfzW/ /hospital/articles/apot-breaking-down-the-wall-uCDauXQdc5jFuVOo/ “We have to stop allowing the ED to be the triage point for all patients reaching out to the EMS system” Wed, 18 May 2022 20:35:19 GMT /hospital/articles/apot-breaking-down-the-wall-uCDauXQdc5jFuVOo/ /ems-management/articles/hospital-delays-the-toll-it-takes-on-our-employees-6UxcaVpgVDDl3SIm/ Keeping the strain on EMS providers front of mind Thu, 17 Mar 2022 00:44:38 GMT /ems-management/articles/hospital-delays-the-toll-it-takes-on-our-employees-6UxcaVpgVDDl3SIm/ /ems1-webinars/articles/on-demand-webinar-ambulances-held-hostage-GX0B10BdRgOJyCzF/ Strategies to unilaterally reduce ED wait times and get back into service Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:04:01 GMT /ems1-webinars/articles/on-demand-webinar-ambulances-held-hostage-GX0B10BdRgOJyCzF/ /legal/articles/7-things-weve-learned-from-the-ambulances-held-hostage-series-KY7SZrc0cHoQze4J/ There is a lot to learn from the Page, Wolfberg and Wirth examination of hospital bed delays and the rights of EMS to return to service Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:28:55 GMT /legal/articles/7-things-weve-learned-from-the-ambulances-held-hostage-series-KY7SZrc0cHoQze4J/ /ems-products/software/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-overcoming-hospital-bed-delays-tFoqQukZvazy76P7/ Steve Wirth and Doug Wolfberg join host Rob Lawrence to discuss strategies for overcoming hospital bed delays Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:34:54 GMT /ems-products/software/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-overcoming-hospital-bed-delays-tFoqQukZvazy76P7/ /legal/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-ems-strategies-for-reducing-ambulance-offload-times-O7IAjXyCm8FlANnY/ The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:15:44 GMT /legal/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-ems-strategies-for-reducing-ambulance-offload-times-O7IAjXyCm8FlANnY/ /et3/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-gtRkwCKqscPPW0Hg/ How to decide when to leave patients at hospitals with bed delays and 3 considerations for if you stay Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:33:43 GMT /et3/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-gtRkwCKqscPPW0Hg/ /ambulance/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-can-the-hospital-make-you-stay-jQESFoe1BQTrtUYc/ Leveling the playing field on hospital bed delays Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:03:03 GMT /ambulance/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-can-the-hospital-make-you-stay-jQESFoe1BQTrtUYc/ /legal/articles/hospital-bed-delays-an-iceberg-with-titanic-challenges-HvgzCF855ZHRKqLB/ Lessons from Pinellas County and an AIMHI EMTALA webinar that may help us all out Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:37:17 GMT /legal/articles/hospital-bed-delays-an-iceberg-with-titanic-challenges-HvgzCF855ZHRKqLB/ /ambulance/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-can-the-hospital-make-you-stay-jQESFoe1BQTrtUYc/ Leveling the playing field on hospital bed delays Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:03:03 GMT /ambulance/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-can-the-hospital-make-you-stay-jQESFoe1BQTrtUYc/ /legal/patient-abandonment-stop-the-nonsense What patient abandonment isn’t, and why it’s time to confront this EMS boogeyman Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:43:08 GMT /legal/patient-abandonment-stop-the-nonsense /et3/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-gtRkwCKqscPPW0Hg/ How to decide when to leave patients at hospitals with bed delays and 3 considerations for if you stay Thu, 02 Dec 2021 19:33:43 GMT /et3/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-should-we-stay-or-should-we-go-gtRkwCKqscPPW0Hg/ /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/calif-bill-would-limit-wall-time-to-30-minutes-vphwYKx6xKcw6aNK/ Legislation requires hospitals to develop ambulance bed delay protocols by Sept. 1, 2024 Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:08:26 GMT /ambulances-held-hostage/articles/calif-bill-would-limit-wall-time-to-30-minutes-vphwYKx6xKcw6aNK/ /legal/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-ems-strategies-for-reducing-ambulance-offload-times-O7IAjXyCm8FlANnY/ The rights of EMS agencies and remedies if hospital bed delays cannot be satisfactorily resolved through collaboration with hospital counterparts Thu, 09 Dec 2021 15:15:44 GMT /legal/articles/ambulances-held-hostage-ems-strategies-for-reducing-ambulance-offload-times-O7IAjXyCm8FlANnY/