/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/2-4m-mission-control-center-works-to-reduce-wait-time-at-n-y-hospitals University Hospital’s new control center aims to speed up patient care by tackling delays and streamlining hospital operations, cutting wait times by as much as 35 minutes Fri, 04 Apr 2025 12:53:34 GMT /hospital/2-4m-mission-control-center-works-to-reduce-wait-time-at-n-y-hospitals /hospital/md-fire-department-helps-redesign-hospital-ed-for-better-ems-wait-times Carroll County Fire and EMS played a key role in modernizing Carroll Hospital’s emergency department, aiming to improve EMS wait times and streamline patient handover Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:33:39 GMT /hospital/md-fire-department-helps-redesign-hospital-ed-for-better-ems-wait-times /billing-and-administration/ore-officials-increase-ambulance-fees-and-add-wall-time-charge Albany will charge over 30% more for ambulance transports in 2025 as well as bill facilities for extended ED wait times Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:30:31 GMT /billing-and-administration/ore-officials-increase-ambulance-fees-and-add-wall-time-charge /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 /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/ /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/ /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/