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The National Association of EMS Physicians Compendium of Airway Management Position Statements and Resource Documents
Henry E. Wang, Michael Levy, and David C. Cone

Prehospital Airway Management Training and Education - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document -  Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26:3-13

Quality Management of Prehospital Airway Programs - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 14-22

Prehospital Manual Ventilation - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document  - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 23-31

Prehospital Supraglottic Airways - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document  - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 32-41

Prehospital Drug Assisted Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 42-53

Prehospital Cardiac Arrest Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document  -Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 54-63

Prehospital Trauma Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 64-71

Optimizing Physiology During Prehospital Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 72-79

Prehospital Noninvasive Ventilation - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 80-87

Prehospital Mechanical Ventilation - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 88-95

Prehospital Surgical Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 96-101

Prehospital Pediatric Respiratory Distress and Airway Management Training and Education - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 102-110

Quality Management of Prehospital Pediatric Respiratory Distress and Airway Programs - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 111-117

Prehospital Pediatric Respiratory Distress and Airway Management Interventions - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 118-128

Novel Technologies and Techniques for Prehospital Airway Management - NAEMSP Position Statement and Resource Document - Prehospital Emergency Care 2022; 26: 129-136


Air Ambulance Medical Transport Advertising and Marketing

POSITION STATEMENT: Air ambulance medical transport advertising and marketing. Prehospital Emergency Care 2011;15(2):294.

Joint Position Statement of the NAEMSP9, ACEP3, AAMS1, NASEMSO11
 
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/10903127.2010.541984#.Vdtnm_lViko

Current Version Release Date: July 2010

Previous Versions: March 2008

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  none

 

On Site Hospital Helipads

POSITION STATEMENT:  On Site Hospital Helipads: Joint Position Statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians, the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Air Medical Services Association. Prehospital Emergency Care 2007;11(4):466.

Joint Position statement of the NAEMSP9 and AAMS1

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903120701538772#.VdtsJflViko​

Current Version Release Date: August 2006

Previous Version(s): none

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  Thomas SH. On-site hospital helipads: resource document for the NAEMSP position paper on on-site hospital helipads. Prehospital Emergency Care 2009;13(3):398-401.

http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903120902731077#abstract

Medical Director for Air Medical Transport Programs

POSITION STATEMENT:  Thomas SH, Williams KA, Claypool DW. Medical Direction for Air Medical Transport Programs. Prehospital Emergency Care 2002;6(4):455-457.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903120290938139#.Vdt8HPlViko

Current Version Release Date: December 1992

Previous Version(s):
1995 - Medical Direction for Air Medical Transport Programs. Air Medical Committee, National Association of EMS Physicians. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 1995;10(4):283-284.

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  none 

Special Resuscitation Issues Encountered During Air Medical Transport

POSITION STATEMENT:  Hankins DG, Thomson DP, NAEMSP. Special Resuscitation Issues Encountered during Air Medical Transport. Prehospital Emergency Care 1998;2(4):326-327.

http://tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903129808958889

Current Version Release Date: April 1998

Previous Version(s): none

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  none 

Flight Physician Training Program - Core Content

POSITION STATEMENT: Thomas SH, William KA, NAEMSP. Flight Physician Training Program – Core Content. Prehospital Emergency Care 2002;6(4):458-460.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10903120290938148#.Vdt8W_lViko

Current Version Release Date: May 2002

Previous Version(s):
1993 – Krohmer JR, Hunt RC, Benson N, Bieniek RB. Flight Physician Training Program. Prehospital & Disaster Medicine 1993;8(2):183-184. 

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  none 

Appropriate Air Medical Services Utilization and Recommendations for Integration of Air Medical Services Resources into the EMS System of Care: A Joint Position Statement and Resource Document of NAEMSP, ACEP, and AMPA

Joint Position statement of the NAEMSP9, AMPA5, ACEP3

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10903127.2021.1967534

Current Version Release Date: October 2021

Previous Version(s): October 2013

RESOURCE DOCUMENT:  Integrated into Position Statement

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