EMS Partners

Focused on providing the best possible care for patients with seizures, the University of Texas Medical Branch Epilepsy Program has received accreditation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center.

UTMB Health Cardiologist Dr. Muhammad Raja leads EKG training sessions with EMS partners.

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Adult and Pediatric Sleep Specialist Dr. Rizwana Sultana shares tips on how to get routine, high-quality sleep while keeping an unpredictable, varying schedule.

After 35 years of service, AAEMC Chief Lucille Maes is approaching retirement with bittersweet reflection.

Plans, protocols and additional resources are all in place ahead of the weekend that historically sees many emergencies, calls and trauma-inducing incidents.

Improving your physical strength and conditioning can help you perform your job better and reduce the likelihood of work-related injuries, and sometimes all it takes is five minutes. Learn how microdosing exercise throughout your day can help you become stronger.

A research-based observation found that half of EMTs and paramedics suffer from some degree of burnout. Learn some tips to counter these feelings and also take a moment to assess how self-compassionate you are.

Multiple local agencies participated alongside UTMB Health faculty and students and Galveston College EMS Professions students during the 2023 Disaster Day drill which was intended to prepare students not only for the extreme situation of an active shooter event but any kind of multi-casualty incident.

Meet Amy Weber, the EMS chief for the Galveston County Health District who has been with the agency since 1997.

Emiley Goodrich, an emergency nurse at UTMB Health Angleton Danbury Hospital Campus, answers six questions from The Dispatch staff.

Doctors say the swift actions of Galveston Area Ambulance Authority medics calling in a stroke alert to the UTMB Health Galveston Emergency Department undoubtedly improved the patient's outcomes.

Victor Martinez Franco, an emergency nurse at UTMB Health Clear Lake Hospital Campus, answers six questions from The Dispatch staff.

VIDEO: UTMB Health celebrates National EMS Week, May 21-27. We appreciate each and every one of you every day, every week. Thank you.

UTMB Health sees you on the front line of medical care. We see what you do. You save lives. You calm scared children. You reassure people on the way to an emergency room. You don’t waste time.

One night last November, Santa Fe Fire & Rescue Assistant Chief Vic Boudreaux, 53, thought he had heartburn from tomato sauce he ate, so he took antacids and went to bed.

South Houston EMS Chief Rita Camarena was born in the back of a pickup truck in 1976. The man who delivered her—Mike Telschow—also founded the South Houston EMS.

Witnessing tragedy comes with the job for EMTs and paramedics. Don’t ignore its effects on your health. After responding to a multi-vehicle accident or a mass shooting, it’s not unusual for medics to have traumatic grief.

Emile “Sam” Miller is nurse manager of Emergency Services at UTMB Health Galveston Campus. He answered our questions, but he also made it clear he will not be giving any speeches.

EMS crews from Brazoria, Galveston and Harris counties took part in a lab at the Health Education Center on the UTMB Health Galveston Campus.