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PEC Special Issue Call for Papers: Prehospital Blood
Prehospital Emergency Care seeks articles describing projects that focus on prehospital blood transfusion.
Special Issue Information:
Prehospital care of patients experiencing or at risk for hemorrhagic shock is critical in limiting preventable deaths and improving outcomes. While the last decade has seen a significant increase in the use of blood products in the prehospital setting, gaps remain in the understanding of optimal resource utilization, barriers to adoption, and patient-centered outcomes. This special issue of Prehospital Emergency Care aims to explore innovative approaches, best practices, and evidence-based strategies for the prehospital administration of blood products.
Now Accepting: 2027 Annual Meeting Presentation Proposals
DEA Releases Rule: Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 (PPAEMA)
On Thursday February 5, 2026, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officially published its long-awaited final rule implementing the Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act of 2017 (PPAEMA). This rule codifies the statutory framework enacted in 2017 and provides critical regulatory clarity for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) agencies nationwide, and the rule will go into effect 30 days after its official publication.
January Update from the President
My President’s Message this month revolves around advocacy, and I am happy to share some good news and some opportunities for our members.
In November 2017 – almost 8 years ago – our NAEMSP Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act (PPAEMA) unanimously passed Congress and was signed into law. While we are still awaiting the promulgation of the corresponding regulations for this Act, there has just been some important progress.
October Update from the President
My President’s Message this month revolves around advocacy, and I am happy to share some good news and some opportunities for our members.
In November 2017 – almost 8 years ago – our NAEMSP Protecting Patient Access to Emergency Medications Act (PPAEMA) unanimously passed Congress and was signed into law. While we are still awaiting the promulgation of the corresponding regulations for this Act, there has just been some important progress.
The Captain’s Bounty: NAEMSP PAC Challenge
NAEMSP® represents thousands of EMS clinicians who are committed to ensuring that the citizens in their communities have professional, quality, fair, and equal access to needed emergency medical care.
This year, in honor of NAEMSP 2026 being in Tampa and the city’s famous Gasparilla celebration, we’re launching Captain’s Bounty: The NAEMSP PAC Challenge. Our mission is to raise $100,000 for the NAEMSP PAC by January 31, 2026.
NAEMSP/Stryker Early Career Award – Applications Open!
Application Deadline is now CLOSED
Application Deadline: November 14, 2025 – 5 pm CT – NO EXCEPTIONS
NAEMSP has teamed up with Stryker to create a 24-month, $60,000-$80,000 funding opportunity.
The purpose of this award is to foster the early career development of an EMS physician who demonstrates aptitude, talent, and potential as a future EMS leader. This award will provide support for a supervised career development experience in Emergency Medical Services to support the transition from EMS fellow to independent EMS physician at an academic institution and/or health system with involvement in a ground or air medical EMS system.
Call for Board Nominations
NAEMSP Board of Directors is pleased to announce the opening of its 2026-28 Call for Board Nominations.
Are you interested in potential leadership within the NAEMSP Board? We’d love to have you apply!
Information about:
- Nomination Submission Requirements
- Evaluation of Candidates
- Final Slate Preparation
- Candidate Notification and our
- Election Process
are available by Clicking Read More below.
Questions? Contact NAEMSP’s Executive Director, JerrieLynn Kind
H.R. 3443 – Modernizing EMS Delivery and Sustainability (MEDS) Bill
Washington D.C. (May 19, 2025) – The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) supports the Modernizing EMS Delivery and Sustainability (MEDS) Bill − legislation that aims to address critical issues faced by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals and their patients.
The MEDS Bill focuses on three main areas to ensure high-quality and available care delivered by EMS systems: Assessment of the value of EMS physician medical direction; Availability of essential medications and blood products for EMS patients; and Transparency of wall times at hospitals during transfer of care.
June Update from the President
I must start with exciting news. Our MEDS (Modernizing EMS Delivery and Sustainability) Bill has been introduced as H.R. 3443. This bill was described in detail in the April 2025 newsletter and calls for 1) a MedPAC study of the value of EMS medical direction, 2) a CMMI study to prevent shortages of essential EMS medications by paying for these medications and also paying for blood products, and 3) an approach to clarify hospital responsibilities for patients on arrival by EMS to eliminate excessive “wall time” before patient handoff. I urge each of you to reach out to your U.S. representative and ask that they join in supporting the future of EMS care by cosponsoring H.R. 3443.
Now to my newsletter topic for this month…
Now Available: New EMS Obstetric Emergency Guidelines
NAEMSP is excited to share three newly released EMS model guidelines, developed in collaboration with ACOG and shaped by feedback from EMS physicians, paramedics, EMTs, EMRs, and ob-gyns. These guidelines are designed to support the care of obstetric emergencies in the prehospital setting….
April Update from the President
We are on the cusp of our long-awaited House Bill becoming reality. The draft language has been completed, and we hope that our bill, “Modernizing EMS Delivery and Sustainability (MEDS)”, will be introduced in Congress soon. With this newsletter message, I would like to begin familiarizing our members with the concepts in this proposed bill.