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The Boneyard at Davis-Monahan Air Force Base. Credit: travelview - stock.adobe.com
Perspectives
04/02/2026
Mike Rubin
Mike Rubin reflects on his attempted return to EMS during the pandemic and how to handle the post-retirement blues.
Mike Rubin reflects on his attempted return to EMS during the pandemic and how to handle the post-retirement blues.
Mike Rubin reflects on his...
04/02/2026
EMSWorld
Perspectives
04/01/2026
Raphael M. Barishansky, MPH, MS, CPM
EMS is undergoing a period of transition. Long-standing structural challenges such as reimbursement, rising costs, workforce sustainability, increasing service expectations, and governance fragmentation have exposed the limits of traditional...
EMS is undergoing a period of transition. Long-standing structural challenges such as reimbursement, rising costs, workforce sustainability, increasing service expectations, and governance fragmentation have exposed the limits of traditional...
EMS is undergoing a period of...
04/01/2026
EMSWorld
Phone showing Meta AI logo
Perspectives
03/05/2026
Mike Rubin
Mike Rubin explores the hilarity that can come from artificial intelligence and how hallucinations can erode credibility.
Mike Rubin explores the hilarity that can come from artificial intelligence and how hallucinations can erode credibility.
Mike Rubin explores the hilarity...
03/05/2026
EMSWorld
The author and his service dog
Perspectives
02/12/2026
Robert Ravndal, MA, NRP
First responders who suffer mental injuries in the line of duty deserve to be respected in the same way we respect those with physical injuries.
First responders who suffer mental injuries in the line of duty deserve to be respected in the same way we respect those with physical injuries.
First responders who suffer...
02/12/2026
EMSWorld
Two older men laugh
Perspectives
02/05/2026
Mike Rubin
Mike Rubin reflects on some of the best, most entertaining moments of retirement life.
Mike Rubin reflects on some of the best, most entertaining moments of retirement life.
Mike Rubin reflects on some of...
02/05/2026
EMSWorld
leadership
Perspectives
01/27/2026
Mike Domitrz
EMS organizations that nurture respect and psychological safety enjoy higher engagement, stronger performance, and lower turnover.
EMS organizations that nurture respect and psychological safety enjoy higher engagement, stronger performance, and lower turnover.
EMS organizations that nurture...
01/27/2026
EMSWorld
Piggy Bank doing math
Perspectives
01/20/2026
Mike Rubin
Mike Rubin discusses budgeting, estate planning, and more in this installment of After EMS.
Mike Rubin discusses budgeting, estate planning, and more in this installment of After EMS.
Mike Rubin discusses budgeting,...
01/20/2026
EMSWorld
black and white ambulance representing end of EMS career
Feature
01/12/2026
Dick Blanchet, BS, MBA; Samantha Greene
Sometimes a career in EMS ends abruptly through illness, injury, or burnout. Navigating the change can be difficult, but it's important to remember you are more than a patch.
Sometimes a career in EMS ends abruptly through illness, injury, or burnout. Navigating the change can be difficult, but it's important to remember you are more than a patch.
Sometimes a career in EMS ends...
01/12/2026
EMSWorld
OBBBA
Perspectives
12/30/2025
Daniel Gerard, MS, RN, NRP
The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could change how EMS agencies are paid; Dan Gerard explores options to maintain funding.
The passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could change how EMS agencies are paid; Dan Gerard explores options to maintain funding.
The passage of the One Big...
12/30/2025
EMSWorld
Cumberland river flooding in 2010
Perspectives
12/11/2025
Mike Rubin
Mike Rubin reflects on uniforms over the years.
Mike Rubin reflects on uniforms over the years.
Mike Rubin reflects on uniforms...
12/11/2025
EMSWorld