The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced the creation of a national Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). The office will work in close coordination with its federal partners to serve the emergency medical services community.
NHTSA, and its predecessor agency, has supported national Emergency Medical Services systems development since 1966.
Numerous programs and products, including the EMS Agenda for the Future, the Next Generation 9-1-1 Initiative, National EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach, the National Research Agenda and the National EMS Information System, demonstrate NHTSA’s ongoing commitment to the emergency medical services community.
The national EMS office will continue its mission to reduce death and disability by providing leadership and coordination of comprehensive, evidence-based emergency medical services and 9-1-1 systems.