Super Session: How Hospital Bed Delays and “Wall Time” are Crippling EMS Systems – and What We Can Do About It

Increased ambulance patient offload times are decimating our EMS agencies nationwide. Not only is it costing significant money, as EMS practitioners “stand on the wall” for hours waiting to transfer their patients, hospital bed delays compromise the availability of critical EMS services in the community and cause massive frustration and fatigue for our EMS practitioners. This “super session” will discuss the law, your rights as an EMS agency, and steps you can take to better deal with hospitals to help ensure your ambulances are turned around promptly and ready to answer the next call.