EMS Update - Sept / Oct 2016
| NHTSA's EMS Update - Your Connection to the Office of EMS |
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| The Office of EMS Has Busy Year Supporting EMS Systems |
| Each year, the Office of EMS creates a special issue of EMS Update that highlights important initiatives, partnerships and achievements that have helped to advance EMS systems, policy, research and much more. Read More |
| Dr. Jon Krohmer Named New Director of NHTSA’s Office of EMS |
 Dr. Jon Krohmer has been named the new Director of the Office of EMS. His wealth of experience spanning over thirty years in EMS will be a great asset to the office and NHTSA. Read More |
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| NEMSAC Recommends Addition of Naloxone to EMT, EMR Scope of Practice |
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 The National EMS Advisory Council met for the second time in the current term to move forward on several recommendations and elect a new chair and vice chair.
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| A Year in Review from NEMSAC and FICEMS |
| Learn about the recommendations and projects that NEMSAC and FICEMS have undertaken this past year to support advancing EMS programs at the local, state and regional level. Read More |
| EMS and the Opioid Crisis |
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In a recent article published in EMS World, NHTSA Office of EMS Public Health Fellow Jeremy Kinsman, MPH, EMT, and New Orleans EMS and public health officials took a close look at the opioid overdose epidemic and how EMS can collaborate with its healthcare partners to prevent overdoses and save lives.
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