2011 National EMS Assessment

[Guest guest]

Good Afternoon -

> The Federal Interagency Committee for Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS) is

pleased to announce the release of the final draft of the 2011 National EMS

Assessment.  Sponsored by FICEMS and funded by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), the report provides the first ever comprehensive

description of emergency medical services, EMS emergency preparedness and 911

systems at state and national levels using existing data sources.

>The National EMS Assessment, which was completed over a 24-month period from

September 2009 to August 2011, provides a detailed description of the nation’s

EMS systems which comprise an estimated 19,971 local EMS agencies, their 81,295

vehicles and 826,111 licensed and credentialed personnel.

>A final draft version of the Assessment is being released today and a final

published version will be released in January. For more information and to

download the final draft of the National EMS Assessment, go to www.EMS.gov.

>For questions regarding the Assessment please contact Drew Dawson at the NHTSA

Office of EMS at Drew.Dawson@... or .

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[Guest guest]

This is a VERY long download - 550 pages. I would recommend that we all take a

look at this. I have some questions regarding the validity of the data. Of

course, there may be some issues related to semantics and terminology, but as an

example the charts would lead one to believe that Missouri has only paramedics

and does not license or certify EMT-B or EMT-I. I was medical director for a

service there that taught EMT-B classes and the FROs had EMT-Bs.

I have just started scanning the paper. Anyone know what the purpose for this

is?

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> Good Afternoon -

> > The Federal Interagency Committee for Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS)

is pleased to announce the release of the final draft of the 2011 National EMS

Assessment.  Sponsored by FICEMS and funded by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), the report provides the first ever comprehensive

description of emergency medical services, EMS emergency preparedness and 911

systems at state and national levels using existing data sources.

> >The National EMS Assessment, which was completed over a 24-month period from

September 2009 to August 2011, provides a detailed description of the nation’s

EMS systems which comprise an estimated 19,971 local EMS agencies, their 81,295

vehicles and 826,111 licensed and credentialed personnel.

> >A final draft version of the Assessment is being released today and a final

published version will be released in January. For more information and to

download the final draft of the National EMS Assessment, go to www.EMS.gov.

> >For questions regarding the Assessment please contact Drew Dawson at the

NHTSA Office of EMS at Drew.Dawson@... or .

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[Guest guest]

This is a VERY long download - 550 pages. I would recommend that we all take a

look at this. I have some questions regarding the validity of the data. Of

course, there may be some issues related to semantics and terminology, but as an

example the charts would lead one to believe that Missouri has only paramedics

and does not license or certify EMT-B or EMT-I. I was medical director for a

service there that taught EMT-B classes and the FROs had EMT-Bs.

I have just started scanning the paper. Anyone know what the purpose for this

is?

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>

> Good Afternoon -

> > The Federal Interagency Committee for Emergency Medical Services (FICEMS)

is pleased to announce the release of the final draft of the 2011 National EMS

Assessment.  Sponsored by FICEMS and funded by the National Highway Traffic

Safety Administration (NHTSA), the report provides the first ever comprehensive

description of emergency medical services, EMS emergency preparedness and 911

systems at state and national levels using existing data sources.

> >The National EMS Assessment, which was completed over a 24-month period from

September 2009 to August 2011, provides a detailed description of the nation’s

EMS systems which comprise an estimated 19,971 local EMS agencies, their 81,295

vehicles and 826,111 licensed and credentialed personnel.

> >A final draft version of the Assessment is being released today and a final

published version will be released in January. For more information and to

download the final draft of the National EMS Assessment, go to www.EMS.gov.

> >For questions regarding the Assessment please contact Drew Dawson at the

NHTSA Office of EMS at Drew.Dawson@... or .

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