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than 6,000 EMS educators and been adopted in 40
states, and Canada. NAEMSE also provides training for
U.S. combat medics through curriculum conducted at
Fort Sam Houston in Texas.
Additionally, it collaborates with the Committee
on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the
Emergency Medical Services Professions to provide
accreditation workshops to
EMS program directors as
they prepare applications
which lead to accreditation.
The association’s has worked
with the U.S. Department
of Transportation’s National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration’s Office of
EMS on a range of projects
which include, national EMS
education standards, national
guidelines for EMS education,
the State of EMS Education
Research project, rollout
of the national standard
curricula and development
of the revised EMS instructor
curricula.
The association has proven
effective in developing and
maintaining
partnerships
with federal, state and
local EMS agencies to
promote
understanding
of the EMS system. It has
also worked with NHTSA
to provide a nationwide
forum for assistance in
the implementation of
various curricula through
EMS instructor rollout
workshops and national
standard curricula guidelines
for training of paramedics
and
EMT-intermediates.
These
projects
have
provided national guidelines
for meeting the educational needs of EMS personnel
striving to deliver efficient and effective patient care in
emergency medical situations.
All activities are designed to not only enhance
learning for the next generation of EMS professionals,
but also advance the future of EMS and EMS education.
The membership includes Instructors of CPR, first aid
Dr. Walt Stoy, Founder, NAEMSE
