ImageTrend's 2025 EMS Report Reveals Critical Gaps in Prehospital Care
Event summary
- ImageTrend released its 2025 EMS Insights Report, analyzing 11M EMS activations from 2,400 agencies across all 50 states.
- Key findings include 33% of injury patients lacking pain score documentation and only 20% of behavioral health emergencies identified at dispatch.
- Opioid overdoses were critical/emergent in 40% of cases, with naloxone effective in 90% of treatments.
- State-level clinician exit rates ranged from 18% to 26%, with some states experiencing net workforce losses.
The big picture
The report establishes a national baseline for EMS performance metrics, addressing critical gaps in pain management, behavioral health response, and workforce stability. As EMS systems face increasing demands, data-driven insights from platforms like ImageTrend Collaborate become essential for evidence-based decision making and operational planning. The findings highlight both immediate challenges and long-term strategic needs for the prehospital care sector.
What we're watching
- Data Standardization
- How ImageTrend Collaborate's alignment with NEMSIS will affect national EMS benchmarking consistency.
- Workforce Retention
- Whether states with high clinician exit rates can implement effective retention strategies.
- Behavioral Health Response
- The pace at which EMS agencies improve identification and handling of behavioral health emergencies.