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Click on the links below to view our recent news releases. To learn more about NAEMT, download the NAEMT Fact Sheet. To learn more about EMS, click here.

4/17/24 

NAEMT Announces the 2024 EMS Legislators of the Year 

4/15/24 

NAEMT 2024 EMS Advocates of the Year Announced 

9/19/23 

Debra Cason Receives NAEMT’s Most Prestigious Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

8/16/23 

2023 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced

4/20/23

ACEP, NAEMT Announce EMS Week 2023: “Where Emergency Care Begins” 

3/30/23

Representative Debbie Dingell Receives NAEMT’s 2023 EMS Legislator of the Year Award 

3/27/23

NAEMT Announces 2023 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Awards

10/11/22

Baxter Larmon Receives NAEMT’s Most Prestigious Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

9/7/22

2022 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced

4/21/22 

Bound Tree Medical, NAEMT Donate Much Needed Medical Supplies to War-torn Ukraine

3/30/22 

Senator Bob Casey, Representative Susan Wild Receive 2022 NAEMT EMS Legislator of the Year Awards

3/28/22 

NAEMT Announces the 2022 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Awards

3/24/22 

“Rising to the Challenge” Campaign Theme Honors EMS Professionals during National EMS Week

1/24/22 

NAEMT-ACOG Survey Results Find Gap in EMS Training for Obstetric Emergencies

10/14/21 

Bipartisan Team of U.S. Representatives Dingell and Hudson to lead the Congressional EMS Caucus

10/5/21

Brig. Gen. Craig A. Manifold, DO, Recognized Posthumously with Rocco Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

8/26/21 

HealthNet Aeromedical Services Receives 2021 National Safety in EMS Award

8/19/21

2021 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced

4/17/21 

NAEMT, FirstNet®, Built with AT&T, Collaborate on New Mental Health Resilience Officer Course

4/6/21 

NAEMT Announces the 2021 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Awards

4/6/21 

Senator Cortez Masto, Representative Axne Receive 2021 NAEMT EMS Legislator of the Year Awards

3/17/21 

This is EMS: Caring for Our Communities” Campaign To Honor EMS Professionals During Annual EMS Week 

1/8/21

Dr. Doug Kupas and Dr. Jeff Jarvis appointed as NAEMT Medical Directors 

9/15/20 

NAEMT Announces the 2020 Recipient of the Rocco Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

8/20/20

NAEMT Announces the 2020 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Awards

8/12/20 

2020 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced

5/13/20

National EMS Week: A Time of Gratitude for the Essential Service of Paramedics and EMTs

3/26/20

Our nation’s EMS agencies and personnel must receive help to combat the covid-19 pandemic

 3/16/20

EMS Week — May 17-23, 2020

10/16/19

2019 Rocco Morando Lifetime Achievement Award 

8/15/19

2019 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients

4/10/19

Illinois Senator Dick Durbin To Receive 2019 NAEMT EMS Legislator of the Year Award

4/8/19

NAEMT Announces the 2019 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Awards

3/7/19

EMS STRONG Announces ‘BEYOND THE CALL’ Campaign Theme To Honor EMS Professionals

2/20/19

Sepsis Alliance-NAEMT survey finds increased sepsis education is urgently needed for EMS personnel

2/7/19

Bipartisan Team of U.S. Representatives Dingell and Hudson To Lead Congressional EMS Caucus

10/20/18

CoTCCC Chair Dr. Frank Butler Receives the 2018 NAEMT Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award  

10/29/18

Sepsis Alliance and NAEMT Team-up to Combat Sepsis

8/17/18

2018 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients

4/10/18

Rep. Devin Nunes To Receive the 2018 NAEMT EMS Legislator of the Year Award

3/20/18

National Events Seek to Strengthen Communities Through Life-saving Training and Quality Mobile Care Services

3/16/18

EMS Week: EMS Strong Announces 'Stronger Together' Campaign; Honors EMS Professionals

3/13/18

2018 EMS Advocate of the Year Award Recipients Announced

9/29/17

NAEMT and Jones & Bartlett Learning Announce Recert - an Online Education Service

8/24/17

NAEMT, Australian & New Zealand College of Paramedicine Form Strategic Alliance To Promote Quality EMS Education

8/15/17

2017 National EMS Award Recipients Announced

5/11/17

New Report Examines the Level of EMS Preparedness for Disasters and Mass Casualty Incidents

4/25/17

Rep. Richard Hudson Receives NAEMT’s 2017 EMS Legislator of the Year Award

4/24/17

NAEMT Announces the 2017 Recipients of the EMS Advocate of the Year Award

4/19/17

EMS Professionals Appeal to Congress to Support Patient Access to Emergency Medications at EMS On The Hill Day

12/05/16

NAEMT President Urges Passage of S. 2932 To Protect Patients’ Rights To Emergency Medication 

11/02/16

NAEMT Board of Directors Elected To Lead the Association in 2017 

10/04/16

Jerry Overton Receives the 2016 Rocco V. Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

09/14/16

2016 NAEMT EMS Mental Health Services Report

08/15/16

2016 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients Announced

05/13/16

Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act Passes U.S. House of Representatives

04/27/16

2016 EMS Legislator of the Year

04/20/16

2016 EMS Advocate of the Year Award Recipients

04/13/16

EMS Professionals Appeal To Congress To Continue Life-saving Care Protocol and Honor Training of Military Medics

01/05/16

2016 NAEMT Board Takes Office

12/01/15

Paramedic Association of Canada and NAEMT Form Strategic Alliance To Promote Quality EMS Education

10/27/15

NAEMT Position on EMS and Preparedness Planning 

09/23/15

2015 NAEMT Rocco Morando Lifetime Achievement Award

09/09/15

NAEMT Celebrates 40 Years