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NASEMSO salutes all EMS professionals during National EMS Week

May 15, 2022

NASEMSO salutes all EMS professionals during National EMS Week, May 15-21.  Special events are planned across the country, and this year, each day is marked by a special focus:

  • Sunday is Health, Wellness, and Resilience Day to promote the health, wellness and resilience of EMS providers and patients.
  • Monday is Education Day, highlighting public education programs and EMS provider education
  • Tuesday is EMS Safety Day to promote Safety for the EMS provider, the patient, and the public
  • Wednesday is EMS for Children Day to highlight the special needs of caring for children
  • Thursday is Save-A-Life Day to promote Stop the Bleed, public CPR programs and other programs
  • Friday is EMS Recognition Day to recognize your local EMS heroes and those who save lives through the EMS system.

Thank you to all who serve!

Model Clinical Guidelines Version 3 Now Available

March 21, 2022

The NASEMSO Model EMS Clinical Guidelines project team is delighted to unveil Version 3 of the National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines. In completing Version 3, the project team has reviewed and updated all existing guidelines, as well as added four new guidelines. Version 3 of the Guidelines, similar to the original version released in 2014, was completed by a team of EMS and specialty physicians comprised of members of the NASEMSO Medical Directors Council and representatives from six EMS medical director stakeholder organizations. In addition, all guidelines were reviewed by a team of pediatric emergency medicine physicians, pharmacologists and other technical reviewers.

Andy Gienapp, MS, NRP, Joins NASEMSO as Deputy Executive Director

February 1, 2022

Andy Gienapp, MS, NRP, joined the National Association of Emergency Medical Services Officials (NASEMSO) as the deputy executive director, a newly created position. In this role, Gienapp will be responsible for providing strategic leadership to promote and expand NASEMSO’s presence and capacity as a national leader in emergency medical services. His immediate tasks will be managing the NASEMSO Workforce project and Strategic Plans for State EMS Offices project. To read NASEMSO’s full statement click here.