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​NAEMSP® member, Scott Goldstein, DO, FACEP, brought to our attention a Smart phone application that may be of use to some of our members.  There are a variety of EMS-related applications available.

Click here​ for more information.​

  

​In July, PEC received its 2011 Impact Factor, which remained solid at 1.785.  Prehospital Emergency Care (PEC) is now ranked 9th of the 24 Emergency Medicine journals that are currently rated by the ISI Web of Knowledge.  PEC ranks 7th out of the 15 journals that have a 5-year impact factor (PEC 5-year Impact Factor is 1.682). We are ranked 69/157 Public, in the Environmental & Occupational Health category.  PEC had an even more impressive Immediacy Index, which indicates how rapidly articles that are published in PEC are cited in the same year.  PEC had an Immediacy Index of 0.459.  This ranks PEC 4th out of the 24 EM journals that are ranked in terms of being rapidly cited.  PEC continued to be placed ahead of such well-established journals as Journal of Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Journal of Emergency Nursing, and European Journal of Emergency Medicine.

The ISI Impact Factor system is not without critics, many of whom believe that the mysterious system if flawed.  There are other services that rank journals' impact as well.  SCOPUS has an alternative method.  Its Scimago system produces an "H Index".  By this method, PEC ranks 7th out of the 44 emergency medicine journals that are ranked by SCOPUS.

Our strategic plan is to continue to advance in ranking.  In order to accomplish this, we will need the continued support of NAEMSP® members via submission of their best work to PEC. ​​​

  

​We are pleased to announce the newly elected NAEMSP® Board of Directors who will serve from January 2013 – January 2015.

President-Elect
Jane H. Brice
 
Secretary/Treasurer
Kevin Mackey
 
Physician Member-at-Large
Karen Wanger
David Tan
David Slattery                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                         
Thank you to all our members who took the time to vote for your Board of Directors.
 
Farewell to NAEMSP® Immediate Past President Theodore R. Delbridge and Standards and Clinical Practice Chair Michael Millin.  NAEMSP® wishes to thank them for faithfully serving NAEMSP® on the Board of Directors.
 
 
  
NAEMSP® is proud to announce its partnership with Physio-Control  introducing the NAEMSP®/Physio-Control EMS Medicine Fellowship!  This fellowship will begin in 2014 with applications being due July 2013. Stay tuned for more details coming soon!
  

​SAVE THE DATES for these upcoming EMS Subspecialty Certification Review Courses!

  • September 6, 7, 8 in Las Vegas, Nevada
  • September 20, 21, 22 in Atlanta, Georgia
  • October 11, 12, 13 in Seattle, Washington

Presented by NAEMSP/ACEP faculty, the platform will be a LIVE educational learning opportunity in a half-day, full-day, half-day format.  More details will follow in the coming months – save the dates now!


  

​We have pushed the copy deadline back to: Friday, April 26.

W​e are seeking articles for the next issue of NAEMSP® News.  Please e-mail Joe DeLucia, editor, at  jlinde001@charter.net with articles by Friday, April 26.

Any submission would be appreciated, preferably about 400 words. Anything related to EMS:  book reviews, interesting cases, updates and news.

Thanks,

Joe DeLucia, DO, FACEP

NAEMSP Newsletter Editor​

  

​NAEMSP and ACEP are excited to announce the opening of registration for the two fall EMS Subspecialty Certification Review Courses.

Click here to register online for Las Vegas (September 6-8; registration deadline August 30)

Click here to register online for Atlanta (September 20-22; registration deadline September 13)

Click here​ for more information and a registration form

Click here for registration information for the third class this fall in Seattle, in conjunction with ACEP's annual meeting.  The course is October 11 - 13.  ACEP's annual meeting is October 14-17.​