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The National EMS Advisory Council offers updates on EMS issues from roadway safety to ET3 and COVID response
Industry association websites, webinars and resources offer training, procedures and advocacy for their members who are on the frontline pandemic response
The scope of practice expert panel examined evidence to determine if a procedure or skill is beneficial to patients and can be done safely by EMS providers
The new content covers field triage, acute events in infants, cardiac arrest and trauma MCIs
The ground rules include questions to ask patients and evidence-based medication recommendations
The NASEMSO project team seeks input on draft Version 3 of the Model EMS Clinical Guidelines
The statement addresses assessment, restraint, use of sedatives such as ketamine and law enforcement involvement when caring for an agitated patient
The National Association of State EMS Officials announced its commitment to eliminate racism and promote racial equality
The NHTSA and NASEMSO-backed study seeks to examine the impact of a sleep health and fatigue education program tailored to EMS providers
NASEMSO developed the product resource to help EMS reference and compare products that ambulance industry manufacturers develop
A collaboration between NASEMSO, NAEMSP and ACEP produced an evidence-based guideline for EMS providers to follow when considering naloxone for patient treatment
“Evidence-Based Guidelines for Fatigue Risk Management in Emergency Medical Services” was created to mitigate the effects of fatigue
The “Scope of Practice Model Decision-Making Framework for Emergency Medical Services” is now available online
More than 600 organizations have teamed up to create a comprehensive strategy to put an end to increasing vehicle fatalities in the United States
The organization teamed up with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine to mitigate the effects of fatigue with recommendations
According to NASEMSO, Draft 2 aims to reflect an improved description of the EMS level spectrum from the 2007 Practice Model
Changes include the addition of narcotic antagonists, tourniquet applications and wound packing use
The three organizations are working together to develop an evidence-based guideline for naloxone administration
This set of clinical guidelines is an updated and expanded version of the original version released in 2014
Our co-hosts talk about the skills that may be added and those considered for removal
Content regarding EMS levels and skill sets is still under discussion and will be addressed in future versions
Removing endotracheal intubation from paramedic scope and implementing blood glucometry and CPAP at the EMT level are under consideration
Priority topics include use of opioid antagonists and therapeutic hypothermia following cardiac arrest
The report breaks down the findings from a 2016 survey of state EMS offices on licensure requirements, exemptions and special conditions for ground and helicopter EMS agencies
The striking issue that the survey revealed is that state EMS offices are involved in functions of the EMS system of the past
State officials hear lessons learned, next steps for performance measure initiative
The national project will create a meaningful process to measure EMS systems and improve performance across systems
Ebola crisis validated findings and illuminated importance of EMS as an equal and vital component in healthcare system
NASEMSO launched a two-year effort to research and publish a set of measures that EMS agencies can use to gauge their own performance
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