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A series of pivotal events occurred in 2023 that are reshaping the landscape of prehospital care. From heart-pounding moments on the NFL field, to the shocking release of bodycam footage that led to murder charges against EMTs, some moments will have a lasting impact on the industry.

This year has been marked by challenges and transformations, from courtroom battles that scrutinized medical errors, to the premature end of ET3, to the evolving science of active shooter response.

At the end of a year filled with challenges, changes and opportunities for growth, take a moment to reflect on the biggest events of 2023 and cast your vote on which will have the biggest impact on the future of EMS.

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Top stories of 2023

CPR

Paramedics get ROSC as world watches NFL player’s on-field treatment

When Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field in cardiac arrest, he received out-of-hospital BLS and ALS care from team personnel and EMS before transport to the hospital

January 03, 2023 11:24 AM

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Greg Friese, MS, NRP

CRIMINALIZATION OF MEDICAL ERROS

Wrongful death claim filed against former Maine EMT, volunteer squad

The claim has prompted Town Council to rethink the contract with the Hermon Volunteer Rescue & First Aid Squad

January 05, 2023 09:31 AM

MURDER CHARGES

Police bodycam released after EMS providers charged with murder of patient in their care

The 35-year-old man died from compressional and positional asphyxia, which a coroner said was a result of being placed face down on a stretcher

January 11, 2023 11:27 AM

EVOLVING ACTIVE SHOOTER RESPONSE

Speed saves: A case for the rescue strike force

The science of active shooter response is relatively new; is there a better model?

April 13, 2023 11:36 AM

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Jim Morrissey

SALARY

NYC delivery workers to make more than FDNY EMTs

Mayor Adams’s plan gives app-based delivery workers $19.96 an hour, $1.02 more than an EMT’s starting pay

June 23, 2023 07:56 AM

THE END OF ET3

ET3: Don’t let this be the final word

Turning frustration into action as the end of ET3 puts a wrench in treatment in place, alternate destinations

July 14, 2023 10:47 AM

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Inside EMS Podcast

VIOLENCE AGAINST PROVIDERS

Video: NYC EMT stabbed multiple times by agitated patient

A patient stabbed a Mount Sinai EMT several times in the leg, chest and arm

July 20, 2023 06:55 AM

FUNDING

EMS bill introduces on-scene care reimbursement

Legislation focuses on extending Medicare coverage for ambulance services

November 13, 2023 03:14 PM

BEHAVIORAL HEALTH

Excited delirium: Understanding the evolution away from a controversial term

Focusing on observed behavior will help protect both the individuals needing assistance and the officers responding to the situation

December 14, 2023 12:33 PM

KETAMINE

Defense experts for Colo. medics claim ketamine dose did not kill Elijah McClain

Aurora paramedics Jeremy Cooper and Lt. Peter Cichuniec each face criminally negligent homicide and other charges

December 15, 2023 04:23 PM

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