National Association of EMS Physicians

Are You Up to the #NAEMSPCPRChallenge?

Bystander CPR can be critical to survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Let’s help educate the public on CPR best practices by creating videos that showcase 100 to 120 beat-per-minute songs. We can help them find their own CPR earworm to (literally!) count on in emergencies. The creator(s) of the best video uploaded to Facebook or Twitter before June 15, 2019, with the hashtag #NAEMSPCPRChallenge will receive two free registrations to the NAEMSP 2020 Annual Meeting in San Diego, California!

April 23, 2019

NAEMSP members joined other EMS professionals on Capitol Hill last week to advocate for issues affecting quality prehospital patient care. Drug shortages again emerged as a top concern, as emergency medical facilities across the country are forced to severely restrict use of certain IV fluids, anti-nausea medications, airway management medications and other essential emergency medications (EEMs), many of which have no suitable substitute.

Please click here for the LLSA Reading Lists, including the new release for 2020.

The application period is now open through August 15. Click here for more information.

Both 2019 Certification Review Courses are now full but we are accepting sign-ups on a waiting list. Click here for full information.

January 28, 2019

The National Association of EMS Physicians® (NAEMSP®) recognizes that EMTs and paramedics are doing critical work for substantially less compensation than other first responders. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent comments reflects he understands this as well. While we do not offer specific guidance on compensation for our members nor the EMS community with whom we serve, NAEMSP® believes the EMTs and paramedics who provide life-saving care on a daily basis should be paid fairly and impartially with respect to fire and law enforcement colleagues. We appreciate that Mayor de Blasio is willing to continue to speak with ours and other organizations about equitable pay for all first responders. These heroes regularly perform in dangerous situations and risk their lives to help others, and when pay scales are based upon the threats faced by providers and value imparted to the community, these public servants’ contributions should be equally recognized.

January 23, 2019

The National Association of EMS Physicians® (NAEMSP®) is pleased to welcome new members to their Board of Directors.

December 12, 2018

NAEMSP joins the entire medical community in its commitment to equitably distributing healthcare resources, particularly as it relates to emergency medical conditions. While further research is certainly needed, we encourage everyone to review this study objectively to determine how it should influence your local practice.

See the study.

Learning Center Now Available

May 16, 2019

The NAEMSP Education Committee is proud to release NAEMSP's Learning Management System (LMS).

Need free Physician AMA Category 1 CME? There are three bundles from which to choose.

Airway and Ventilation
System-Based Practice
Cardiac

Members can access the Learning Center (aka LMS) via the direct link that was provided in the May 16, 2019 announcement or from the home page of the website, under the Career Development.

Click here for more information on the LMS.

We hope our members find this new benefit valuable.

May 15, 2019

NAEMSP recently released an educational CPR music video and challenged EMS agencies across the country to do the same. The challenge is part of a contest intended to educate the public on CPR best practices ahead of National EMS Week, May 19-25, 2019.

February 14, 2019

Today, Feb. 14, Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Alex Azar, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Seema Verma, and Director of CMS’ Innovation Center (CMMI) Adam Boehler announced a new voluntary demonstration project around reimbursement for EMS services that promises to decrease unnecessary emergency department utilization, improve patient outcomes and generate savings to the health care system.

December 14, 2018

The National Association of Emergency Services Physicians (NAEMSP®) is pleased to announce Dr. Benjamin D. Nicholson, Department of Emergency Medicine, Boston Medical Center, as the recipient of the NAEMSP/Stryker EMS Medicine Medical Director Fellowship.

December 4, 2018

NAEMSP has several inspiring and informative presentations lined up for its 2019 Annual Meeting, which will take place January 7-12 in Austin, Texas. The conference will reunite its keynote speaker, former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge, with the first responders who resuscitated him after his cardiac arrest in November 2017.

November 20, 2018

"NAEMSP mourns the victims of the shooting at Mercy Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, which took the lives of Chicago Police Officer Samual Jiminez, emergency medicine physician Tamara O’Neal and pharmacy resident Dayna Less. Our thoughts are with the victims’ families and the Chicago community. We admire and appreciate the courage and dedication public safety and medical professionals bring to their jobs and communities every day, and we remain committed to helping EMS physicians across the country deploy lifesaving interventions."

—Dr. Brent Myers, President, National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)

November 12, 2018

“Our hearts go out both to those affected by the tragic shooting in Thousand Oaks and to the Californians affected by the unimaginable fires. First responders in the public safety and medical communities regularly risk their lives in response to horrific situations such as these, and we applaud all of their efforts. We remain committed to helping EMS physicians across the country deploy evidence-based lifesaving interventions.”

October 29, 2018

“The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) joins the nation in mourning the lives lost in the recent synagogue shooting, and in our support for the victims’ families and the Pittsburgh community in the wake of this terrible attack. . .

October 10, 2018

NAEMSP has been invited to provide international medical director training at DevelopingEM 2018. EMS medical directors from across the United States will teach the NAEMSP International Medical Directors Overview Course on December 2, 2018. The one-day pre-conference workshop will focus on enhancing physicians’ expertise in real-world EMS issues.

September 19, 2018

The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) is proud to announce the publication of a joint position statement on spinal motion restriction developed in collaboration with the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Published online in Prehospital Emergency Care, “Spinal Motion Restriction in the Trauma Patient – A Joint Position Statement” offers guidelines for using spinal motion restriction in trauma victims.

Application process now open through Nov. 15.

2019 Annual Meeting Registration now open.

It is necessary to define quality in emergency medical services (EMS) and create a common foundation and resource for leaders who work to improve the quality of EMS care. This includes EMS medical directors, quality researchers, EMS educators, those drafting quality metrics, electronic healthcare record (EHR) vendors, EMS stakeholder groups, and regulatory and federal entities working in the EMS quality space (e.g., NHTSA OEMS, HRSA, EIIC, AHRQ, NQF).

Click here to read the full paper

NAEMSP President Part of Fentanyl Safety Panel Discussion in Washington D.C.

A panel comprised of first responders, including Dr. Brent Myers, president of NAEMSP, gathered in Washington D.C. on Thursday, August 30, to discuss a recently released fentanyl safety video. The panel discussed the importance of such evidence-based resources designed to help ensure the overall safety of the first responder community.

Spinal Motion Restriction in the Trauma Patient – A Joint Position Statement

The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS-COT), American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), and the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) have previously offered varied guidance on the role of backboards and spinal immobilization in out-of-hospital situations. This updated consensus statement on spinal motion restriction in the trauma patient represents the collective positions of the ACS-COT, ACEP and NAEMSP. Read more.

July 12, 2018

NAEMSP applauds the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) formation of a Drug Shortages Task Force, which was created at the urging of Congress, NAEMSP and other medical groups representing physicians and medical professionals throughout the U.S.

July 9, 2018

Following meetings with Holland & Knight staff on behalf of NAEMSP, as well as other public health groups engaged on drug shortage issues, the sponsors of the Opioid Quota Reform Act (S. 2535) inserted important language into the bill that would give the Attorney General the authority to specifically consider drug shortages when modifying production quotas so as not to adversely affect providers’ access to these important drugs.

July 20, 2018

Click here for the 2019 SOMSA Call for Proposals. NEW THIS YEAR - The Call for Proposals now requests submissions for both Research Abstracts and main Assembly presentations, including Labs. Submission deadline is Monday, Oct. 1, 2018 at midnight Pacific time.

Read the Call for Proposals here.

3CPR Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Travel Stipend

The Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation (3CPR) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Travel Stipends encourage and support the efforts of EMS chiefs, educators and other non-physician EMS leadership and encourage them to participate in Resuscitation Science Symposium (ReSS) and AHA activities at Scientific Sessions.

Started October 2015 by the Department of Homeland Security and with the cumulative effort of multiple organizations, the Stop the Bleed campaign seeks to improve public education in hemorrhage control, particularly in terrorism-related mass casualty events.

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Inaugural EMS Grant Recipients Announced

January 31, 2019

Studies on a mobile integrated healthcare (MIH) pilot program and on the role of ventilation in resuscitation are the focus of two inaugural $5,000 research grants awarded by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP®) and the AMR Foundation for Research and Education. The NAEMSP/AMR-FRE EMS Fellows Research Grants have been awarded to Dr. Tiffany Abramson, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, and Dr. Matthew Neth, University of Cincinnati.

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