Smarter Medicine, Smarter Tools: Preparing EMS for the Next Era of Patient Care
This article was originally published by JEMS on June 12, 2025.
Since beginning my EMS career in 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved over 3,000 new medications, averaging over 110 new drugs yearly. For EMS clinicians and educators, this relentless pace of innovation demands a constant recalibration of knowledge and skills to address the shifting realities of prehospital care.