National Association of EMS Physicians

PGC Update: 2023

Projects Completed in 2022

• 2022 Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Guidelines for Prehospital Care – In collaboration with the National Registry of EMTs (NREMT), the PGC identified and appraised 75 guidelines published in the past 2.5 years. New guidelines are being made available at: https://prehospitalguidelines.org/prehospital-ebgs-new/  
• 2022 EMS Professionals Reading List – The PGC identified 10 recently published scientific peer-reviewed articles to be used as part of competency activities for EMS professionals.
• Recommendations for Improving the Quality of EMS EBGs – This publication provides key recommendations for improving the quality of prehospital guidelines, leveraging the review of 146 guidelines through two systematic reviews.
• Educational Summaries for top EMS Guidelines and EMS-related scientific literature will soon be available at prehospitalguidelines.org.

Projects in Progress in 2023

• 2024 Systematic Review of Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines
  This will be the third biennial update to the systematic review of guidelines related to prehospital care. Literature review will begin in Spring 2023
• 2024 EMS Professionals Reading List
  The PGC will initiate in 2023 a new process for open requests for top EMS-related research articles for the biennial reading list that will be used to facilitate continued competency activities of the NREMT and other EMS organizations.
• Additional projects aim to advance implementation science and support the development of EMS performance measures.

PGC General Information

Mission

The Prehospital Guidelines Consortium (PGC) exists to engage EMS stakeholder organizations, institutions, agencies and leaders in a sustainable process that promotes the development, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based guidelines for prehospital care.

Background

Multiple national organizations are engaged in ongoing efforts to develop, implement and evaluate prehospital evidence-based guidelines (EBGs). The National Prehospital Evidence-Based Guidelines Strategy, developed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) with involvement of 57 stakeholder organizations, recognized a need to develop sustainable relationships among stakeholders and facilitate collaborative prehospital EBG efforts. The first proposed action of the Strategy was creation of a Prehospital Guidelines Consortium (PGC) representing national medical and EMS organizations that have an interest in prehospital EBGs and their benefits to patient outcomes.

Consortium Objectives

1. Promote EMS EBG development research
2. Promote development of EMS EBGs
3. Promote education related to EMS EBGs
4. Promote implementation of EMS EBGs
5. Promote standardized evaluation methods for EMS EBGs
6. Promote funding for EMS EBGs-related projects

Additional information about the Prehospital Guidelines Consortium and other prehospital EBG resources are available at http://prehospitalguidelines.org/ebgs/.

PGC Update: March 2023