Joint National EMS Leadership Forum letters to Congressional Committees investigating the shortage of generic injectable drugs.
Download the letters here:
Senate Letter
House Letter
YOU'RE INVITED!
NEMSMA membership meeting at the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum, July 16-20, in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The NEMSMA annual membership meeting and reception will be Wednesday, July 18, starting at 5 p.m., but you should plan to come for the entire conference. If you've been to Pinnacle, you know it's the premiere place for EMS managers and leaders from every type of system to come together for education, networking and inspiration. If you haven't been, we encourage you to attend—it truly is a remarkable experience and Colorado in July is heaven.
This year NEMSMA is sponsoring the Pinnacle Insights session, featured on Tuesday afternoon, July 17. In this session, NEMSMA members facilitate roundtable discussions that ask "critical questions" on a variety of topics. You'll be able to participate in several of the groups, each facilitated by a different national-level subject matter expert and NEMSMA member. Get your questions answered, but more importantly, learn the key questions you should be asking and become part of the national dialogue. NEMSMA members receive a $25 discount when using the code "NEMSMA2012" when registering. All sessions are at the beautiful Cheyenne Mountain Conference Center, with special rates for Pinnacle attendees. For complete program and hotel information, go to pinnacle-ems.com.
EMS-FTEP™- The Emergency Medical Services Field Training and Evaluation Program
The National EMS Management Association is proud to present EMS-FTEP™, the Emergency Medical Services Field Training and Evaluation Program.
EMS-FTEP™ presents a structured program for transitioning new employees in to the EMS agency. It is designed and constructed to provide both the employee and the agency with the greatest possible chance of success, by providing a framework that assures employees understand, develop, and can demonstrate those skills and behaviors that the employing agency considers essential.
Click here to read more.
NEMSMA JOINS FORCES WITH OTHER EMS ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT CMS MEDICARE INNOVATION GRANTS
Click here to read the letter to Mr. Richard J. Gilfillan, M.D, Director of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid at the CMS Innovation Center.
SUMMARY OF POSITION STATEMENTS
Click here to read a summary of positions taken by NEMSMA from Fall 2010 to end-of-yeer 2012.
Why EMS gets no respect
Skip Kirkwood, NEMSMA's president, highly recommends you read this article, from the November 2011 edition of Best Practices in Emergency Services. Click here to download a PDF version (or log-in to your account at emergencybestpractices.com)
FIELD EMS BILL, H.R. 3144
Click here to read NEMSMA's position statement regarding The Field EMS Quality, Innovation and Cost-Effectiveness Improvement Act H.R. 3144
SUMMARY OF POSITION STATEMENTS
Click here to read a summary of positions taken by NEMSMA from Fall 2009 to Fall 2010.
NEMSMA 2011 Annual Business Meeting
The annual business meeting took place at EMS World Expo on Wednesday, September 29. Click here to read the minutes from the meeting.
New Board Member Bruce Evans
In June 2011, NEMSMA board member Forrest "Woody" Wood resigned from the NEMSMA Board of Directors. We thank him for his service and wish him the best.
At that time, the board nominated Bruce Evans to fill Woody's term, which expires in December 2011.
NEMSMA's responds to the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS request for stakeholder input
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2011 Board of Directors Elected
We are pleased to announce those who have been elected by their colleagues to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors:
Lanny Bernard (Incumbent)
Aarron Reinert (Incumbent)
Todd Stout
We appreciate the input of all of our members who participated in the process of selecting these new directors.