April 2025

NAEMT Recognizes the 2025 National EMS Advocates of the Year

We were honored to present the 2025 EMS Advocate of the Year Award recipients at the  EMS On The Hill Day Briefing in Arlington, VA. Sponsored this year by Demers-Braun-Crestline-Medix, Solutions Group, and Stryker, the awards recognize EMS professionals whose volunteer efforts advance EMS through educating and engaging elected government leaders, EMS and healthcare communities, and the public. We congratulate this year’s recipients and thank them for their tremendous efforts to advance EMS care. 

Justin P. Duncan, BS, NRP, CCEMT-P, FP-C (Missouri)  is the President of the Missouri EMS Association and influential to advancing mobile healthcare across the state. He also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the Washington County Ambulance District, a regional mobile healthcare provider in rural Missouri.  Read more  |  MEMSA Announcement

James Mazza, MA, NJEMT (New Jersey)  is an EMS innovator, prioritizing advocacy and mentoring others to ensure they understand the importance of speaking on behalf of the EMS profession as well as their agency. Mazza is the Chief of Montclair Ambulance Unit and has worked in EMS for 18 years.  Read more  |  Montclair Announcement

Cecilia Ogle, AAS, NR-P (Tennessee)  is a Paramedic with 16 years of experience, and has dedicated her career to public safety, education, and advocacy. She advocates for improved EMS training, resources, and community outreach, pushing for greater support at local, state, and federal levels.  Read more

EDUCATION

Top NAEMT Faculty to Present a Preconference Workshop at ACCREDITCON

Are you attending ACCREDITCON in Anaheim, CA? 

Join top NAEMT faculty on May 29 for a preconference workshop on  Integrating Evidence-Based Courses into Your Paramedic Program.  Advanced EMT and paramedic program directors can leverage continuing education curricula to enhance initial education and meet paramedic competency requirements. NAEMT educators will help identify the NAEMT course curricula to meet paramedic competency requirements and how to incorporate NAEMT curricula into paramedic initial education. It’s an opportunity to discuss best practices with program directors who have successfully incorporated NAEMT curricula into paramedic education programs.  Learn More

Maximize Your Time at EMS World Expo – Register to Attend NAEMT Courses

Register  for NAEMT courses being held in conjunction with  EMS World Expo , October 20-24 in Indianapolis, IN. Full NAEMT members save $125 on core 3-day EMS World Expo registration.

• Tactical Emergency Casualty Care ( TECC ) 3rd Edition Provider Course , Oct. 20-21, 8 am-5pm. The course teaches EMS practitioners how to respond to and care for patients in a civilian tactical environment. Successful completion results in a certificate, card recognition as a TECC provider for four years, and 16 hours of CAPCE credit. Register

• EMS Vehicle Operator Safety ( EVOS ) 2nd Edition Course , Didactic only , Oct. 20, 8 am-5pm. The course addresses the vehicle operations and transport safety knowledge gaps that lead to injuries and deaths, while focusing on behavior change for creating a culture of safety. Successful completion results in a certificate, card recognition as an EVOS provider for four years, and 8 hours of CAPCE credit. Register

Not able to attend EMS World Expo? Locate an NAEMT course near you!

The NAEMT website makes locating an NAEMT course near you easy with various search criteria options. Search by location, zip code, program, and course.  Locate a Course  

PROFESSIONAL

EMS News Briefs

• Pennsylvania Senator calls on government at all levels to do more to address sustainable EMS funding models to include operating and capital costs, ensuring the continued efficiency of service delivery of critical calls, and supporting workforce needs, such as high-quality training. Read more
• EMS officials in Oklahoma are concerned over a bill reducing ambulance reimbursement rates; “It puts profits over patients, and that’s not the point of health care, that’s definitely not the point of EMS”... Read more
• EMS drone initiative to deliver defibrillators, EpiPens and other medical supplies to local emergency scenes in has been cleared for a test run. Read more
• New wellness center is being created to assist first responders with mental and physical health challenges brought on by their jobs. Read more

Get Ready for National EMS Week, May 18-24 – We Care. For Everyone.

EMS Readiness and Response: A Reflection on the Oklahoma City Bombing

Tragedy struck on April 19, 1995, when a bomb was detonated outside the Oklahoma City’s federal building. The blast killed 168 people, 19 of them children, and injured nearly 700 more. The Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum  was created to memorialize them. Among the lessons learned, is that the training of first responders was integral to the successful response. We are grateful for their readiness and response, then and now. Bill Justice, NREMT-P, long-time NAEMT member and an author of NAEMT’s Tactical Emergency Casualty Care ( TECC ) course, provides a then-and-now reflection 30 years later. NAEMT sincerely appreciates Bill for sharing his experience!  View Reflection

Upcoming CE Webinar: Preparing for the Worst to Deliver the Best EMS Response

Join us on Tuesday, May 13, at 12 noon Central for this webinar on effective EMS event planning, which is critical for ensuring optimal response. Proper planning involves anticipating potential risks, ensuring readiness, allocating proper resources and coordinating responses swiftly and efficiently. This webinar will break down the planning and response to two recent events: The 2024 Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix and the New Year’s Day Attack in New Orleans. Join facilitator Davd Blevins and presenters Sean Collins, MPA, Deputy Fire Chief of Training for the Clark County Fire Department, and Bill Salmeron, NRP, Chief, New Orleans EMS, as they address the key strategies that enhance risk response.  This webinar is sponsored by Zoll. Register

New Resources for Identifying and Managing Obstetric Emergencies

NAEMT has worked with the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) to develop new tools and resources to enhance readiness among EMS practitioners in identifying and managing obstetric emergencies occurring during pregnancy, during delivery, and up to 12 months postpartum. This is especially important because almost half of pregnancy-related deaths happen  seven days  to  12 months  after pregnancy ends, according to a 2020  study . The new materials include model EMS guidelines for  hemorrhage ,  elevated blood pressure , and  eclampsia  and an EMS informational sheet with statistics and highlights from literature.  Learn more .

May 1 is National Heatstroke Awareness Day

More than 1,000 children have died due to pediatric vehicular heatstroke since 1998, 39 in 2024. All could have been prevented. National Heatstroke Prevention Day is May 1 and NAEMT is collaborating with these and other national organizations to share resources and raise awareness:

• NHTSA's Traffic Safety Marketing
• National Child Passenger Safety Board
• Safe Kids Worldwide
• Kids and Cars

National Stroke Awareness Month Observed in May

Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, according to the  CDC . In 2022, 17.5% from cardiovascular disease was due to stroke. You can help raise awareness in your community by educating patients and the public about the importance of calling 911 for help when people are experiencing symptoms of stroke. 

Stroke Resources     Get Ahead of Stroke     Survive Stroke Week

Attend NAEMT Annual Meeting – Save $125 on EMS World Expo Registration

We invite you to attend the NAEMT Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, IN, Oct. 20-24. Held in conjunction with  EMS World Expo , the free events, meetings and receptions provide time for NAEMT members to engage and socialize with association leaders and colleagues from around the nation and the world.  NAEMT members also save $125 on EMS World Expo 3-day registration . During the meeting, we will celebrate our EMS profession at the General Membership Meeting and recognize the outstanding recipients of the National EMS Awards of Excellence. We look forward to welcoming you to Indianapolis!

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• May 5-9: SOMA 2025 Scientific Assembly (booth #814), Raleigh, North Carolina
• May 30-June 1: CoAEMSP ACCREDITCON (booth #16), Anaheim, California 
• August 4-6: National Conference of State Legislators Legislative Summit (booth #1029), Boston, Massachusetts 
• August 4-9: NAEMSE Annual Educational Symposium (booth #205), Orlando, Florida
• August 7-10: Kansas EMS Association Conference (KEMSA), Manhattan, Kansas
• October 13-15: Mississippians for EMS (MEMS) Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi
• October 20-24: EMS World Expo (booth #923) & NAEMT Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana
• November: Indiana EMS Association Conference, French Lick, Indiana

We look forward to attending SOMA, May 5-9 in Raleigh, NC, bringing together prehospital, tactical, wilderness, austere, disaster, and deployed medicine to meet and exchange ideas.   Learn More