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Joint Statement on Lights & Siren Vehicle Operations on EMS Responses
NAEMSP has had a position statement on the use of lights & siren (L&S) in EMS since 1994, but crashes related to L&S use continue to harm EMS practitioners, our patients, and the public.
The evidence and best practices for EMS use of L&S have progressed since then, and now NAEMSP has joined a broad consortium of 13 other organizations with interests in EMS, quality, and safety to update our previous position statement into a Joint Statement on L&S Vehicle Operations on EMS Responses.
This position statement reviews the principles of L&S use on EMS responses and the responsibilities of EMS medical directors, EMS agency managers, EMS vehicle operators, emergency medical dispatch, and local/state governments."
Introducing the NAEMSP/PEC Airway Compendium
The January issue of Prehospital Emergency Care includes a publicly available compendium of position statements and resource documents on prehospital airway management.
Access the airway compendium now and get the who, what, why and how in our PEC Podcast series.
NAEMSP Joins Statement Supporting Vaccine Mandates for EMS Clinicians and Other EMS Providers
Emergency medicine is more than just a ride to the hospital, it is a system of coordinated response and emergency medical care, involving multiple people and agencies. With the current surge in COVID-19 and the highly contagious Delta variant causing a national emergency medical crisis, six of the country’s top associations in the space of emergency medicine services join in the following statement regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates.
NAEMSP Statement on Prioritizing EMS Professionals’ Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
NAEMSP strongly encourages state and local governments creating COVID-19 vaccination plans to follow the Center for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines which recommend that eligible EMS individuals be included in the highest priority group for COVID-19 vaccination.