Emergency Medical Services-Prehospital Care
Don't Miss our Annual Section Meeting!
EMS-Prehospital Care Section Annual Section Meeting
Monday, October 26, 2020 (Day 1 of ACEP20)
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (central time)
Virtual Meeting -- Zoom details were sent to section members.
The Zoom call information was emailed to members/posted to engagED. If you did not receive or cannot locate the link, please contact Rick Murray (rmurray@acep.org) or check the engagED posting for this Section Meeting.
“The EMS-Prehospital Care Section greatly appreciates OnStar’s generous support of the Section”
With lawmakers and government agencies increasing their interest in EMS issues, the section’s activities are more important than ever to ensure that our voice is heard as an advocate for quality patient care. The Section’s objectives include promoting research and evaluation of pre-hospital interventions to keep in practice only those that best benefit the patients, to identify challenge to effective function of pre-hospital EMS, and to encourage education to address the needs of physician and personnel with interest in the pre-hospital; practice of medicine.
EMS Section members may send an email to all members of this section via the section e-list at acep_emergencymedicalservicesprehospitalcaresection@ConnectedCommunity.org
You can also access the engagED Emergency Medical Services-Prehospital Care Section Community by clicking here.
Is your EMS system using vehicle crash data that is being transmitted to PSAP?
Is your EMS system using the vehicle crash data that is currently being shared by many of the automakers directly to 9-1-1 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and EMS dispatch personnel? This crash data is known as Advanced Automatic Collison Notification (AACN) and provides important information immediately after a crash that can be used by EMS crews as part of their patient assessment.
To learn more about how this crash data can be used in your system and earn free CME credit? Take the free online training course "Implementing AACN Protocols in EMS Systems."
Until Help Arrives
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) is excited to help announce the Until Help Arrives program, which was developed to educate and empower the public to take action and provide lifesaving care before professional help arrives. We hope that you will find this information helpful in preparing to act when the need arises.
The Until Help Arrives program encourages the public to take these five steps in situations where someone may have a life-threatening injury due to trauma:
- Call 9-1-1
- Stop bleeding
- Position people so they can breathe
- Provide comfort
You can find more information on the Until Help Arrives program at www.ready.gov/untilhelparrives
The "Stop the Bleed" campaign is designed to provide civilians with the knowledge and tools to help control severe bleeding. Click here to find out how you can help start a "Stop the bleed" program in your local community.
"Stop The Bleed" Campaign Video
Lights and Siren Use by Emergency Medical Services (EMS):
Above All Do No Harm
National Disaster Life Support™ Foundation Advertisement (Download PDF)
Welcome to the EMS Voluntary Event Notification Tool (E.V.E.N.T.)
An anonymous reporting and tracking system designed to help improve safety, quality, and consistent delivery of EMS.
Honeywell/ACEP Presentation on EMS Helicopter Air Medical Safety presented at the ACEP EMS and Air Medical Sections Luncheon at Scientific Assembly 2009, in Boston, MA.
- EMS Helicopter Safety - Time for a paradigm change
Robert Sumwalt, NTSB - Parallels in History
Woody McClendon - Honeywell Helicopter Safety Video
This video is a re-creation of an actual accident involving a Bell 407 helicopter on an EMS mission.
