The Roadmap

The Future of Emergency Medical Services

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Innovation — 2nd Edition. A leadership manual for EMS clinicians, educators, and system leaders.

The Roadmap

The Future of Emergency Medical Services

Artificial Intelligence, Technology & Innovation — 2nd Edition

This is not a technology manual. It is a leadership manual — written for the EMS clinician, educator, supervisor, medical director, or system leader who understands that we cannot continue doing things the way we always have and still expect to survive.

What comes next in EMS will not be led by software developers or national vendors. It will be led by the people on the ground who know that burnout, understaffing, and outdated tools are not abstract problems — they are daily realities.

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Inside the Book

Section I — The Urgency to Evolve
  • The Future Is Now — Why EMS Must Lead, Not Follow
  • Foundations of Artificial Intelligence for EMS
  • Lessons from EMS Visionaries
  • Barriers to Innovation: Challenges Facing EMS
Section II — The Healthcare Revolution
  • Healthcare's Multibillion-Dollar Bet on AI
  • POTUS, Policy & the National Push for AI
Section III — Transforming EMS
  • AI-Powered Documentation in EMS
  • Real-Time Decision Support
  • Drones, Driverless Tech & Future Mobility
  • The AI-Enhanced EMS Clinician
  • Ethics, Accountability & the AI Framework
  • Teaching Tomorrow: Preparing Clinicians for AI
Section IV — Leading the Future
  • The Strategic Integration of AI in EMS
  • Lead or Lose: Why EMS Leaders Must Embrace AI—Now
The question isn't whether AI will change EMS.
The question is: will you lead that change — or lag behind it?
Donnie Woodyard, Jr. — Keynote Address
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Donnie Woodyard, Jr., MAML, NRP — Executive Director of the United States EMS Compact, six-time author, Harvard AI in Healthcare certificate holder, fixed-wing pilot, and nationally recognized EMS keynote speaker with over 30 years of prehospital care leadership

Donnie Woodyard, Jr.

Paramedic, pilot, and Executive Director of the United States EMS Compact. Author of The Future of Emergency Medical Services: AI, Technology & Innovation and five additional titles on EMS history, leadership, and policy.

Paramedic Fixed-Wing Pilot FAA Part 107 Commercial Drone Pilot Exec. Dir. — US EMS Compact Former State EMS Director Six-Time Author 30+ National Keynotes