FALLS CHURCH, Va. — The National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) announced a new partnership with the Uniformed Services University (USU) through the National Institute for Defense Health Cooperation’s Joint Disaster Medicine and Public Health Ecosystem.
Supported in part by an interagency agreement between USU and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Office of EMS, the effort aims to advance improvements in EMS, 911 and post-crash care, including prehospital blood transfusion, NASEMSO said in a statement.
Priority projects include continued expansion of the State EMS and highway safety offices’ post-crash care liaison pilot program, publication of the fourth edition of the National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines and an update to the National EMS Scope of Practice Model.
“As the collective voice of the Nation’s EMS systems, NASEMSO is honored to help lead the projects supported by this cooperative agreement,” NASEMSO President Jason Rhodes said. “This partnership builds on NASEMSO’s solid foundation of spearheading projects of national significance for EMS, trauma, and emergency care systems.”
“Over the next five years,” Rhodes added, “we look forward to collaborating with systems of care leaders, partner organizations, and state governments to drive change and help our emergency systems achieve improved outcomes throughout the nation.”
The five-year partnership aims to improve patient outcomes at both the system and statewide levels.
