Companion Resources

Video Library

Curated videos covering eVTOL aircraft, medical drones, autonomous vehicles, AI in healthcare, and the future of EMS.

Companion Resources

Video Library

Advanced Air Mobility & eVTOL
Heavy-Lift eVTOL Built for Emergency Response

The 2.7-tonne "Romeo" eVTOL demonstrator by ERC System, designed for patient transfers, firefighting, and remote logistics. One of the heaviest fully electric eVTOLs flown in Europe.

Germany's Autonomous Flying Stretcher

The "Cricket" VTOL medical evacuation drone by Avalis, designed for autonomous casualty evacuation and reducing risk to medical crews.

The Future of Emergency Transport

A comprehensive overview of AI-powered "green wave" corridors, smart stretchers, and real-time bystander video feeds for dispatchers.

Drones in Emergency Medicine
The "Ambulance Drone": AI Beating 911 Response Times

Demonstrates how AI-equipped drones with built-in defibrillators can reach cardiac arrest scenes in 60 to 90 seconds, far outpacing traditional ground response.

Drones for Good: Delivering Medical Equipment to Remote Communities

International efforts to use drone networks to reach unnavigable areas, delivering critical medical supplies where traditional infrastructure fails.

Autonomous Vehicles & Emergency Response
Autonomous Ambulances & Emergency Robots

Highlights AI-driven navigation systems that allow ambulances to reach patients faster in heavy traffic or disaster zones.

AI in Healthcare & Medicine
How AI is Revolutionizing Medicine

A broad overview of AI in healthcare: early disease detection, drug discovery, and personalized treatment plans — with implications for prehospital care.

EMS Evolution Podcast

Listen & Learn

36 episodes exploring the history, current events, and future of EMS. These episodes directly complement the topics covered on this site.

Episode 35
Autonomous Ambulances?
Special crossover with NREMT Registry Insider on autonomous vehicles in EMS.
Episode 36
Leadership in Action
Announcing the release of Leadership in Action — the wisdom and stories of 45 EMS innovators.
Episode 33
The Pillars of Trust
Competency, integrity, and visionary leadership — the foundations of EMS leadership.
The Call to Action

EMS Must Choose

The technologies exist. The disruption is already underway. This is not a technology manual — it is a call to action. Because what comes next in EMS will not be led by software developers or national vendors. It will be led by you.

Impossible is just a situation that hasn't met the right leader yet.

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