Past Editions

April 2026

• Jeffrey Rabinowitz, MD, named EMS Medical Director for Dover Fire Department.

• Leading the region in stroke care: Akron General receives highest level stroke center designation.

• Spotlight on Mayfield Heights Fire Department.

March 2026

• Medina Life Support Team celebrates 50 years of service.

• Characteristics of high-performance CPR.

• Spotlight on Mentor Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner: Metoclopramide

February 2026

• Exemplary Performance Recognized at Annual Awards Gala.

• James Fitzgibbon, MD, named EMS Co-Medical Director for Mentor FD.

• Spotlight on Massillon Fire Department.

January 2026

• Local fire chief credits wellness program with saving his life.

• Matthew Salay, DO, named EMS Medical Director for Avon Lake FD.

• TECC classes can benefit all first responders.

• Pharmacy Corner

December 2025

• Cleveland Clinic EMS to launch ECPR program on January 1.

• Using real data to improve cardiac arrest survival rates.

• Spotlight on Copley Fire Department.

• Cardiac Corner: Sinus Arrhythmia

November 2025

• Direct line of communication Improves EMS wait times.

• The importance of EMS documentation of decubitus ulcers and patient positioning in the field.

• PharmacyCorner: Atropine

• Spotlight on Plain Township Fire Department.

• Save the date: Blood Drive, December 10.

October 2025

• Med control partners set sail for a picture-perfect EMS appreciation cruise.

• Understanding the Role of Cleveland Clinic EMSCoordinators.

• Spotlight on Independence Fire Department.

• Cardiac Corner

• Save the date: Blood Drive, December 10.

September 2025

• Kalee Royster, MD, named EMS Medical Director for RockyRiver Fire Department.

• Two local agencies are the first in Ohio to administer prehospitalblood transfusions.

• Spotlight on Garfield Heights Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner

• EMS Awards Gala

• Continuing Education Lecture Series

August 2025

• Neurotrauma program at Akron General is a hidden gem.

• Jason Kleppel, MD, named EMS Medical Director forFairview Park FD.

• CodeStat launch improves feedback for cardiac arrest calls.

• Cardiac Corner

• EMS Golf Outing

• EMS Awards Gala

• Continuing Education Lecture Series

July 2025

• Kirsten Schulte, DO, named EMS Medical Director forMedina Life Support Team.

• “We Care. For Everyone.” First responders shine in Star of Life Awards.

• Spotlight on Westfield Fire & Rescue District.

• Pharmacy Corner: Calcium Chloride/Calcium Gluconate

• EMS Golf Outing

• EMS Awards Gala

• Continuing Education: Death in Custody

June 2025

• EMS survey provides an opportunity to share your thoughts.

• Cameron Marcus, MD, named Medical Director for Bedford Fire Department.

• Spotlight on Brunswick Hills Fire Department.

• Cardiac Corner

• EMS Golf Outings

• EMS Appreciation Cruise

• Continuing Education: Death in Custody

May 2025

• Wellness and Preventive Medicine resources now availablefor first responders.

• Cleveland EMS: Celebrating 50 Years!

• Spotlight on Hinckley Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner

• EMS Golf Outings

• EMS Appeciation ellness and Preventive Medicine resources now availablefor first responders.

• Cleveland EMS: Celebrating 50 Years!

• Spotlight on Hinckley Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner

• EMS Golf Outings

• EMS Appreciation Cruise

• S.H.I.E.L.D. 2025 Paving the Way to Care

April 2025

• Nate Eikhoff, MD, named medical director for MapleHeights Fire Department.

• Karen Shelby, RN: Reflecting on a 45-year career.

• Spotlight on Stow Fire Department.

• Cardiac Corner

• EMS Golf Outings

March 2025

• Awards Gala honors EMS providers.

• Attention golfers! Get ready to tee it up.

• Spotlight on Granger Township Fire and Rescue.

• Pharmacy Corner

February 2025

• NEO Rescue Med provides operationally specific technicalrescue medical support and direction.

• Higher education opportunities for busy EMS professionals

• Spotlight on Bowerston Volunteer Fire Department.  

• Cardiac Corner

January 2025

• Ivanovics named Cleveland Clinic First Responder WellnessProgram Manager.

• Important updates to EMS protocols for 2025.

• Spotlight on Avon Lake Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner: Lidoxaine

December 2024

• New model for EMS medical directors will enhance partnerships

• Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Welcomes New EMS Medical Directors

• Spotlight on New Philadelphia Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner

November 2024

• Cruising and connecting on the Goodtime III

• EMS Awards Gala

• Healthcare Data Exchange aims to improve patient outcomes

• Spotlight on Canton Township Fire Department

• Pharmacy Corner

October 2024

• Awards gala to honor EMS providers

• EMS launches Guest Lecture Series

• Cardiac Corner

September 2024

• Andy Bolgiano is the new regional EMS director for the South submarket

• Prodigy online learning management system 

• Spotlight on Canaan Township Fire Department

• Pharmacy Corner

August 2024

• Meet the newest Cleveland Clinic EMS coordinators

• Introducing Warrensville Heights Fire Chief Mike Petti

• Spotlight on Warrensville Heights Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner: First-Degree AV Block

July 2024

• First responders shine in Star of Life Awards

• Akron Fire Department arrives on-scene in five minutes to help save motorcyclist

• Jackson Township Fire and Police Departments perform complex extrications on trapped drivers in head-on collision

• Young mom recovers from trauma, thanks to collaboration and care from Medina LST, CCT and Medina Township PD

• Pharmacy Corner: Ticagrelor

June 2024

• Mobile medical unit provides aid to victims of human trafficking

• Working together, CCT and LST act quickly to save a young mother’s life

• Spotlight on Lodi Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner

May 2024

• PulsePoint use on the rise in Summit County

• Bias in healthcare

• Spotlight on Nimishillen Township Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner

April 2024

• You feedback is important!

• Prehospital pain management

• Spotlight on Dover Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner

March 2024

• New Vision for Cleveland Clinic EMS

• Cleveland Clinic EMS Enterprise Update

• Spotlight on Jackson Township Fire Department

• Pharmacy Corner: Push Dose Epinephrine

February 2024

• New program to focus on first responder health and wellness

• In-house Emergency Response Team receives Stop the Bleed training

• Spotlight on Concord Township Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner

January 2024

• Familiar face in a new role will oversee EMS education.

• New certification exam for paramedics and AEMTs launches July 1

• Spotlight on Canton Fire Department

• Pharmacy Corner: Ketorolac

December 2023

• Handtevy app gives first responders access to lifesaving information

• Introducing Maple Heights Fire Chief Daniel Sypen

• Spotlight on Maple Heights Fire Department

• Cardiac Corner

November 2023

• Focus on peer support: It’s ok to not be ok. Ask for help

• Westshore Technical Response Team is revitalized and ready to serve

• Pharmacy Corner: Haloperidol

• Spotlight on Fairview Park Fire Department

October 2023

• Community program puts focus on bystander CPR

• Spotlight on South Euclid Fire Department

• Aortic dissection

• Cardiac Corner

September 2023

• Euclid FD patient is first to be transported via new MSTU

• New attending physician brings well-rounded experience to Cleveland Clinic emergency medicine

• Spotlight on Valley View Fire Department.

• Pharmacy Corner: Tranexamic Acid

August 2023

• First responder support team training continues in Medina County

• Burned: Protecting the Protectors

• CARDIAC CORNER

• Spotlight on Lyndhurst Fire Department

July 2023

• Lakewood FD committed to participation in Firefighter Challenge

• “Absolutely phenomenal” response to stroke

• The Changing Face of EMS

• Spotlight on Rocky River Fire Department

June 2023

• Documentary highlights decades of firefighter cancer

• Mentor Hospital ED staffed and ready for patient care

• Tod Baker named EMS coordinator at Mentor Hospital

• Pharmacy Corner: Ketamine

April 2023

• Merimee named Cleveland Clinic EMS director

• Quick action by paramedics and ED team saves man’s life on Christmas Day

• Spotlight on Bedford Fire Department

• Pharmacy Corner: Ketamine

February 2023

• Out with the old in with the new

• Focus on pet fire safety

• Spotlight on Brunswick Fire Department

• Carl Allamby, MD, named EMS medical director

December 2022

• Shade receives 2022 Cleveland Clinic Caregiver Award

• Spotlight on Fairport Harbor Fire Department

• Honoring an EMS pioneer

• Akron General Welcomes Neurosurgeons

October 2022

• Right place, right time

• Spotlight on Wilderness and Environmental Medicine Education

• Cleveland Clinic Mentor Hospital Update

• Foundation funding assists first responders

• Cleveland Clinic caregivers receive federal COVID-19 pandemic civilian service medal

June 2022

• Full time EMS coordinator named for Brunswick/Medina

• Long-time Lakewood paramedic retires

• Spotlight on Medina Life Support Team

April 2022

• Age-appropriate emergency care for adults age 65 and over

• Meet two new EMS medical directors

• Spotlight on Beachwood Fire & Rescue

• EMS week is May 15-21

February 2022

• Team effort decreases mortality rate of cardiogenic shock patients

• Updated guidelines for assessment, triage and transport of stroke patients

• Marymount Hospital appoints new EMS medical director

• Firefighter, speech therapist partner to help youth fire setter

December 2021

• EMS training program invests in advanced equipment

• ET3 model provides flexibility as EMS squads address emergency health needs

• Trauma in pregnancy

• Obstetrics ED at Hillcrest Hospital