National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians
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Abbreviation | NAEMT |
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Type | professional association |
04-2576267[1] | |
Legal status | 501(c)(6)[1] |
Purpose | To engance and foster excellence in pre-hospital emergency medical care and to promote the professional and other related interest of EMS practitioners. |
Headquarters | Clinton, Mississippi, U.S. |
Coordinates | 32°21′03″N 90°19′37″W / 32.350835°N 90.327016°W |
Matt Zavadsky[2] | |
Pamela Lane[3] | |
Revenue | $2,773,244[1] (in 2018) |
Expenses | $2,620,620[1] (in 2018) |
Employees | 7[1] (in 2018) |
Website | www |
The National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) is a national emergency medical services professional association representing all EMTs and paramedics. NAEMT educational programs also have an international scope.
The mission statement of NAEMT is "to represent and serve emergency medical services personnel through advocacy, educational programs, and research." Founded in 1975, the association is composed of multiple committees.
NAEMT offers four unique educational programs. These short two-day courses consist of several lectures and teaching and evaluation stations for a total of 16 hours of training.
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS)
Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) os a course is sponsored by the NAEMT and endorsed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP). This course covers the most common medical complaints and provides method of rapidly assessing and managing a patient in medical crisis.[4]
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS)
Prehospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) is a course is based on the Advanced Trauma Life Support, a course for physicians developed by the American College of Surgeons' Committee on Trauma. PHTLS courses follow the principles of care of trauma patients as developed by the committee. The committee also provides the medical direction and content oversight for the PHTLS program.
Although it originated in the United States, PHTLS is international in scope; courses are found in 33 countries worldwide.[5] PHTLS is also equivalent to ITLS course.
Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC)
Emergency Pediatric Care (EPC) was introduced in 2000 as the Pediatric Prehospital Care course. EPC replaced PPC in February 2007.[6] The course provides prehospital providers instruction in the approach to sick and injured children. Areas covered include respiratory, cardiovascular, medical, and traumatic emergencies as well as the treatment of children with special health care requirements.
EPC is an equivalent program to the pediatric advanced life support course.
EMS Safety
EMS Safety is a course that focuses on the safety of the EMS provider.[7] The learning objectives are:
• Identify key elements in the safe operation of an ambulance.
• Describe techniques for moving and securing patients safely.
• Recognize situations where the EMS practitioner may be at risk of violence and how such situations may be either avoided or addressed.
• Appreciate the importance of maintaining good personal health and the impact of EMS service on practitioners' personal health.
• Address safety elements in a variety of operational situations.
NAEMT lobbying
In March 2013, NAEMT sponsored "EMS on the Hill Day" during which staff members and other EMT professionals spoke to congressional staffers and representatives about H.R. 235, the Veteran Emergency Medical Technician Support Act of 2013, asking them to support it.[8] The bill would amend the Public Health Service Act to direct the secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a demonstration program for states with a shortage of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to streamline state requirements and procedures to assist veterans who completed military EMT training while serving in the Armed Forces to meet state EMT certification and licensure.[9] The bill passed the United States House of Representatives on February 12, 2013, and was referred to the United States Senate, where it died when a new congressional session started.
References
- ^ a b c d e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Inc. Internal Revenue Service. December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Board of Directors". National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "Our Staff". National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
- ^ "NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support". Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-02-21.
- ^ "NAEMT Prehospital Trauma Life Support". Archived from the original on 2009-12-16. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "NAEMT Emergency Pediatric Care". Archived from the original on 2009-12-17. Retrieved 2009-12-07.
- ^ "NAEMT EMS Safety". Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2012-06-01.
- ^ Hsieh, Art. "3 key goals of EMS on the Hill Day 2013". EMS1. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
- ^ "H.R. 235 - Congress.gov". United States Congress. Retrieved April 1, 2013.