NAEMT

NAEMT Dispatches

Formed in 1975 and today more than 50,000 members strong, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is the only national association dedicated to representing the professional interests of all emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners, including paramedics, advanced emergency medical technicians, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders and other professionals working in prehospital emergency medicine. NAEMT members work in all sectors of EMS, including government service agencies, fire departments, hospital-based ambulance services, private companies, industrial and special operations settings, and in the military.

Full list of NAEMT results

NAEMT announces launch of Tactical Emergency Casualty Care for EMS
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The new course teaches medical skills for active shooter and mass casualty response
Jay Fitch receives NAEMT's Lifetime Achievement Award
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He accepted the association's prestigious honor on Nov. 10 at its annual meeting in Nashville, Tenn.
Army pilot will be missed this Memorial Day
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He worked hard to make the medical supply warehouse the best it was, and was killed in 2011 in a flight mission in Afghanistan
Field EMS Bill introduced in Senate
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The first bill to seriously look at EMS issues since the 1960s, the act would improve access to essential and life-saving EMS services and better integrate EMS within the larger health care system
NAEMT gears up for EMS on the Hill Day
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On Wednesday hundreds of emergency medical professionals will speak with Congress about EMS issues
NAEMT elects 2014 board members
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Meet the new and returning members, who take office January 1
NAEMT calls on local, state and federal government to share responsibility for funding EMS
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Funding for EMS must be sufficient to ensure an effective response not only in daily operations, but also in disasters, mass casualty incidents and other public health crises
NAEMT and NEMSMA Announce Strategic Partnership
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The agreement calls for collaboration on a wide range of policy and programmatic activities
NAEMT releases new EMS fitness guidelines
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Recently at the 2013 EMS Today conference, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) hosted a session on the new EMS fitness guidelines, developed by the American Council on...
Advocacy moves national EMS agenda forward in 2010
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With the recent turnover in both houses of Congress, our advocacy work in 2011 will focus on educating and re-educating national leaders and staff on the challenges faced by EMS professionals
Membership, Education, and Advocacy in 2009
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By Patrick Moore, NAEMT PresidentI'm pleased to say that thanks to the dedicated work of members and staff, the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians has accomplished much in 2009, ...
NEMSIS Will Improve Patient Care
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By David OwensDirector, NEMSIS Technical Assistance Center The purpose of the National Emergency Medical Services Information System — or NEMSIS — is to provide a unified voice to EMS services. To ...
Cut Costs, Not Quality
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By Trevor D. Hicks, BSBA, PMD, FP-C Education Outreach Specialist, NAEMT There are many ways to conduct education programs within your service or organization. However, in the current financial cri...
Your Voice is Needed
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Membership in Your Professional Association Helps EMS and Helps YouBy Pamela Lane Executive Director, NAEMT With limited funds available to most of us these days, many EMS practitioners wonder abou...