POSITION STATEMENT ANTHOLOGY

• Expert Witness Qualifications and Ethical Guidelines for Issues Related to Emergency Medical Services Litigation

• Approved 1/08

• Emergency Medical Dispatch

• Approved 11/07

• Role of EMS in Disaster Response

• Approved 10/07

• Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia in Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest Patients

• Approved 10/07

• Early Defibrillation

• Approved 10/07

• The Role of EMS in the Management of Acute Stroke: Triage, Treatment, and Stroke Systems

• Link to Resource Document
• Published 6/07
• Prehospital Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction
  •  Link to Resource Document
  • Approved 5/07
• Intraosseous Vascular Access in the Out-of-Hospital Setting
• Link to Resource Document
• Published 1/07
• Alternate Airways in the Out-of-Hospital Setting
• Link to Resource Document
• Published 1/07
• On Site Hospital Helipads

                      Approved 8/06

• Role of the State EMS Medical Director
•  Joint statement with the American College of Emergency Physicians and the National Association of State EMS Directors.
•  Approved 1/05
• Drug-Assisted Intubation in the Prehospital Setting
•    Replaces the previous NAEMSP position statement entitled Prehospital Rapid-Sequence Intubation [Prehosp Emerg Care. Jan/Mar 2001; 5(1):40-8.]
•  Joint statement with the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma
•  Approved 8/04
• Systems of Specialty Care
•  Approved 4/04
• High-Dose Steroids for Acute Spinal Cord Injury In Emergency Medical Services
•  Approved 1/04
• Prehospital Pain Management
•  Replaces the previous NAEMSP position statement entitled use of nitrous oxide: oxygen mixtures in prehospital emergency medical care. [Prehosp Disaster Med. 1990;5(3):273-4.]
•  Approved 6/03
• Recommended Guidelines for Uniform Reporting of Data from Out-of-Hospital Airway Management: Position Statement of the National Association of EMS Physicians®
•  Approved 6/03
• Value of Continuing Medical Education In The Prehospital Arena
•  Approved 6/03
• Considerations in Establishing EMS Response Time Goals
•  Approved 2/03
• The Use Of Automated External Defibrillators In Children
•  Approved 9/02
•  Erratum regarding AED Use in Children
• Guidelines for Air Medical Dispatch
•  Replaces the previous position statements entitled Air Medical Dispatch: Guidelines for Trauma Scene Response [Prehosp Disaster Med. 1992;7(1):75-8] and Criteria for Prehospital Air Medical Transport: Non-Trauma and Pediatric Considerations [Prehosp Disaster Med 1994;9(2):140-1]
•  Approved 5/02
• Flight Physician Training Program - Core Content
•  Replaces the previous position statement entitled Flight Physician Training Program [Prehosp Disaster Med. 1993;8(2)183-4.]
•  Approved 5/02
• Medical Direction for Air Medical Transport Programs.
•  Replaces the previous position statement entitled Medical Direction for Air Medical Transport Programs [Prehosp Disaster Med. 1995;10(4):283-4.]
•  Approved 5/02
• Unsolicited Medical Personnel Volunteering at Disaster Scenes
•  Approved 5/02
• Guidelines for Withholding or Termination of Resuscitation in Prehospital Traumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest
•  Approved 3/02
• Patient Restraint in Emergency Medical Services Systems
•  Approved 2/02
• Subcutaneous Epinephrine for Out-Of-Hospital Treatment of Anaphylaxis
•  Approved 7/01
• Voluntary Guidelines for Out-of-Hospital Practices
•  Approved 6/01, reaffirmed 1/07
• Law Enforcement Special Operations Medical Support
•  Approved 3/01, reaffirmed 1/07
• Patient Non Transport
•  Approved 1/01, reaffirmed 1/07
• Alternate Ambulance Transportation and Destination
•  Approved 1/01, reaffirmed 1/07
• Prehospital Triage of Chest Pain Patients
•  Approved 11/00
• Mass Gathering Medical Care
•  Published 10/00, reaffirmed 10/25
• Medical Director of Interfacility Transports
•  Approved 2/00, reaffirmed 10/25
• Acute Stroke: Implications for Prehospital Care
•  Approved 1/00
• Early Defibrillation
•  Approved 1/00
• Verification of Endotracheal Tube Placement Following Intubation
•  Approved 2/99 reaffirmed 1/07,  
• Indications for Prehospital Spinal Immobilization
•  Approved 2/99
• Termination of Resuscitation in the Prehospital Setting for Adult Patients Suffering Non Traumatic Cardiac Arrest
•  Approved 9/99, reaffirmed 10/05
• Special Resuscitation Issues Encountered During Air Medical Transport
•  Approved 4/98; Reaffirmed 2/03
• Physician Medical Direction of EMS Education Programs: Policy Resource and Education Paper
•  Published 8/97; Reaffirmed 2/03
• EMS Systems and Managed Care Integration
•  Approved 7/97; Reaffirmed 12/03
• Physician Medical Direction in EMS
•  Approved 7/97; Reaffirmed 12/03
• Risk Reduction for Exposure to Blood-Borne Pathogens in EMS
•  Approved 7/97
• Use of the Pneumatic AntiShock Garment (PASG)
•  Published 8/96; Reaffirmed 5/02
• Ambulance Diversion
•  Approved 7/95; Reaffirmed 5/02
• National Guidelines for Statewide Implementation of EMS "Do Not Resuscitate" (DNR) Programs
•  Published 1994; Reaffirmed 5/02
• Clinical Guidelines for Delayed or Prolonged Transport IV. Wounds
•  Published 1993; Reaffirmed 5/02
• Clinical Guidelines for Delayed or Prolonged Transport: II. Dislocations.
•  Published 1993, Reaffirmed 2/03
• Joint Position Statement on Emergency Medical Services and Emergency Medical Services Systems
•  Approved 1/93, reaffirmed 5/02
• Use of Warning Lights and Siren in Emergency Medical Vehicle Response and Patient Transport
•  Approved 11/93, reaffirmed 5/02
• Ethical Challenges in Emergency Medical Services
•  Approved 9/92
• Emergency Medical Dispatching
•  Published 10/89