Advancing the EMS profession

HELP NEEDED! TIP, SIREN, MIH-CP

EMS advocacy

Advocacy Alert | Engage your Members of Congress online and in-person in their home district. The new Treatment-In-Place (TIP) bill introduced in the House (H.R. 8977) and other EMS legislative priorities (SIREN Reauthorization, MIH-CP, EMS Counts, and Medicare Extenders) have the attention of Congress but need your help to move them to the House and Senate floor! Visit NAEMT’s Online Legislative Service to educate and engage your members of Congress, schedule meetings in their district home office, or attend a local Town Hall meeting.

Engage your Members of Congress online!

 

NAEMT RADIO

NAEMT Radio

Episode 38A Case for Whole Blood with Dr. Jon Krohmer. Exsanguination remains the leading cause of preventable deaths among victims of trauma with nearly half of these patients dying in the prehospital setting. Prehospital blood resuscitation is also clinically indicated for selected patients who hemorrhage from medical conditions (e.g. postpartum hemorrhage, abdominal bleeds). Individuals requiring critical care in the field in many locations in the US do not have access to prehospital blood transfusions due to reimbursement policies and scope of practice limitations. In this episode, Dr. Krohmer identifies the issues of whole blood availability, clinical scope of practice and reimbursement and suggests outcomes and solutions. He also talks about the work of the Prehospital Blood Transfusion Initiative Coalition and its survey of the agencies currently delivering pre-hospital blood administration.


Episode 37Meet two of the 2024 National EMS Awards of Excellence Recipients. Hear from Military Medic of the Year Award, Master Sgt. (Ret.) Jonathan Lu, Special Forces Medical Sergeant who served with a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha Team, and Zachary Alvey, full-time EMT with Ute Pass Regional Health Services District, our EMT of the Year. Master Sgt. Lu’s military journey culminated as the Chief Medical Operations NCO and Senior Enlisted Medical Advisor for the U.S. Army's 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne), where his leadership and vision ensured the medical operational readiness and holistic well-being of his fellow Green Berets and Special Operations Forces soldiers. EMT Alvey’s journey in EMS is marked not only by professional accomplishments but also by a profound commitment to mentorship and community service. His tireless advocacy and leadership efforts are helping to shape the landscape of emergency medical care and ensure a stable and fruitful career path for future EMS professionals.

The awards will be presented during NAEMT’s General Membership Meeting on Sept. 10, and at the Opening Ceremony of EMS World Expo on Sept. 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada. North American Rescue sponsors the NAEMT Military Medic of the Year award, and Demers-Braun-Crestline-Medix sponsors the NAEMT EMT of the Year Award.
 

Episode 36 | NAEMT and State Associations. In this episode, NAEMT Board Member, Melissa McNally, MMSc, BCEM PA-C, NRP and Amy Marsh, Vice President of the South Dakota EMS Association discuss State Associations and their relationship with NAEMT. Melissa, also President of the Florida Association of EMTs and Paramedics, and Amy discuss the benefits of joining a state association and how affiliation with NAEMT offers many benefits in terms of legislative assistance and information sharing.

NAEMT Radio is hosted by NAEMT Member and Lighthouse Leadership Program Mentor – Rob Lawrence. View other NAEMT Radio episodes 

 

FREE EMS RECRUITMENT GUIDE

NAEMT EMS Recruitment Guide

Download Guide | In response to the ongoing, critical personnel shortages that our agencies are facing, NAEMT’s EMS Workforce Committee has collected some best practices and successful case studies of EMS agency recruitment strategies. Their work has been compiled into a new guide on Innovative Recruitment Strategies for EMS Agencies. This guide includes:

• Tips for starting a recruiting program.
• Case studies on what’s worked for EMS agencies.
• Practical advice on getting out the word about job openings and marketing your EMS agency using social media.

 

 

ONLINE RECERTIFICATION COURSES

Recert

Get the CE you need, when you need it, all in one easy to use place. The Recert.com course library offers HUNDREDS of high-quality EMS trauma, medical, and operational online courses, including the best NAEMT education! Most courses take just 1 hour to complete and feature interactive, media-rich, scenario-based learning. View Courses

#IAmEMS CAMPAIGN

#IAmEMS

Building awareness of the EMS profession is key to growing the EMS workforce. To assist EMS agencies and departments in their workforce recruitment efforts, NAEMT has created the #IAmEMS campaign. The campaign goal is two-fold: 1) to provide hiring managers with promotional resources for recruitment, and 2) to provide those interested in an EMS career with information to help them get started. NAEMT has developed digital marketing resources for use in recruitment efforts.
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