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NASEMSO Outreach

NASEMSO Liaison Representatives

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National Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and the Academy of the American Association of Clinical Chemistry Emerging Cardiac Markers for Risk Assessment Guidelines                                                                        
Rick Alcorta, MD
ralcorta@miemss.org

National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board

  • EMS Safety Subcommittee
    Representative to be announced
    NASEMSO is represented on the EMS Safety Subcommittee of the National Academy of Sciences Transportation Research Board. The mission of the Transportation Research Board is to provide leadership in transportation innovation and progress through research and information exchange, conducted within a setting that is objective, interdisciplinary, and multimodal. TRB is one of six major divisions of the National Research Council— a private, nonprofit institution that is the principal operating agency of the National Academies in providing services to the government, the public, and the scientific and engineering communities. The National Research Council is jointly administered by the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. TRB’s varied activities—described below—annually engage more than 7,000 engineers, scientists, and other transportation researchers and practitioners from the public and private sectors and academia, all of whom contribute their expertise in the public interest by participating on TRB committees, panels, and task forces. The program is supported by state transportation departments, federal agencies including the component administrations of the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other organizations and individuals interested in the development of transportation.
     
  • Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Peer Exchange Program
    The 2009 Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) Peer Exchange will be held April 29 – May 1, 2009 at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. This event is being sponsored by AASHTO and GHSA with funding support from the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP). This year the Peer Exchange will be held in conjunction with the annual AASHTO Standing Committee on Highway Traffic Safety (SCOHTS) meeting. The SCOHTS Agenda will include topical sessions as well as business items and is open to Peer Exchange attendees. Each State has been invited to send representatives to the combined meeting from both the State DOT and the State Highway Safety Office who have been actively working on the development and implementation of their SHSP. Point of Contact: Emily Greenwood, egreenwood@nas.edu.

National Alliance for Radiation Readiness (NARR)
Steven Blessing
steven.blessing@state.de.us
NASEMSO has become a charter member of the National Alliance for Radiation Readiness (NARR). NARR seeks to build radiological emergency preparedness, response and recovery capacity and capabilities and to serve as the collective “voice of health” in radiological preparedness. The inaugural meeting of NARR was held on Mar. 24, 2011, in Atlanta, GA. In addition to NASEMSO, NARR is comprised of members from Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO), Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD), Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL), National Emergency Management Association (NEMA), and American Medical Association (AMA). An official NARR website is expected to be created by the end of May 2011. James Blumenstock from ASTHO is the NARR Project Officer and Chief Program Officer.

National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians                                  
Sue Prentiss (NH) (state EMS director)
sprentiss@safety.state.nh.us

National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)                                                             
(open)
The mission of the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) is to inspire excellence in EMS education and lifelong learning. NAEMSE holds an annual symposium in conjunction with the Commission on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professional (CoAEMSP) as well as educational rollouts throughout the year.

    • National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) National EMS Education Standards Project                                                                                                
      Bob Bass. MD
      rbass@miemss.org
      Liza Burrill
      lburrill@safety.state.nh.us
      An EMS stakeholders meeting convened in February 2008. The National EMS Education Standards Final Draft 1.0 is ready as of June 24, 2008, and Instructional Guidelines will be completed in August for September delivery to NHTSA. See www.nemses.org for more information.

National Heart Attack Alert Program                                                               
Karen Halupke
karen.halupke@doh.state.nj.us
Richard Rucker (Alt.)
rnrucker@dps.state.oh.us

National Association of EMS Physicians                                                         
Bob Bass. MD
rbass@miemss.org

National Association of EMS Physicians Technical Consultation Committee         
Kevin McGinnis
McGinnis@nasemso.org

National Association of School Nurses                                                             
Leslee Stein-Spencer
Stein-Spencer@nasemso.org

National Association of State Head Injury Administrators                                   
Leslee Stein-Spencer
Stein-Spencer@nasemso.org

National Center for Early Defibrillation                                                              
Bob Bass. MD
rbass@miemss.org

National Disaster Life Support Education Consortium (NDLSEC)
Steve Diaz, MD
steve.diaz@mainegeneral.org
The mission of the National Disaster Life Support Education Consortium (NDLSEC) is to achieve and promote excellence in education, training, and research related to disaster medicine and public health preparedness for all health professionals based on sound educational principles, scientific evidence, and best clinical and public health practices. To fulfill its mission and realize its desired impact, the NDLSEC will serve as a community of health professionals dedicated to formalized, life-long learning in disaster medicine and public health preparedness with a shared vision to create a nationwide network of health professionals who are ready, willing, and able to meet the health and safety needs of all persons and communities affected by a disaster or other public health emergency. The NDLSEC is an unincorporated association jointly sponsored by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the National Disaster Life Support Foundation, Inc. (NDLSF™), convened by the AMA.

National Resource Center - EMSC Performance Measures Advisory Committee
Dr. Tim Price
tprice0033@kctcs.edu
Dr. Greg Mears
gdm@med.unc.edu
Dennis Blair (AL)
dblair@adph.state.al.us
Dan Manz (VT)
dmanz@vdh.state.vt.us
On behalf of the EMSC Program, the National Resource Center (NRC) has seated a Performance Measures Advisory Committee to consider the implementation of the State Partnership Performance measures as well as the development of new performance measures. This advisory committee will have short-term goals to sssist in determining how the current performance measures should be prioritized for implementation in the 2009-2011 state partnership grant year for the 47 grantees submitting competing grants this year; and to assist in the conceptualization of new or advanced performance measures. The long-term goal is to assist in the development and implementation requirements for performance measures starting in 2011.

National Emergency Management Association                                                   
The National Emergency Management Association is a professional asoscaition of state emergency management directors. Its mission is to provide national leadership and expertise in comprehensive emergency management; serve as a vital emergency management information and assistance resource; and advance continuous improvement in emergency management through strategic partnerships, innovative programs, and collaborative policy positions. 

    • National Emergency Management Association                                                   
      Joe Schmider
      jschmider@state.pa.us
    • National Emergency Management Association Advisory Board for the Emergency Management Assistance Compact                                                 
      Primary Representative: Joe Schmider - jschmider@state.pa.us
      Alternative Representative: Bob Bass, MD - rbass@miemss.org

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Technical Advisory Committee on EMS  
The mission of the international nonprofit National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is to reduce the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education. NFPA membership totals more than 81,000 individuals from around the world and more than 80 national trade and professional organizations. Established in 1896, NFPA serves as the world's leading advocate of fire prevention and is an authoritative source on public safety. NFPA's 300 codes and standards influence every building, process, service, design and installation in the United States, as well as many of those used in other countries.

    • NFPA Technical Advisory Committee on Emergency Medical Services and Systems (NFPA 450)
      Open
      This committee has primary responsibility for documents on the training and education requirements for personnel, personal protective equipment, health and safety programs and quality assurance programs that incorporate physicians and the community planning process. The committee is also responsible for documents relating to emergency medical services, except those covered by other NFPA committees that may have primary responsibility.
       
    • NFPA Technical Committee on Incident Management Functional Positions Professional Qualifications Committee                                    
      Fergus Laughridge
      flaughridge@ems.state.nv.us
       
    • NFPA Technical Committee on Ambulance Safety (NFPA 1917)
      Sue Prentiss
      sprentiss@safety.state.nh.us
      Jay Bradshaw (state EMS director) (alternate)
      jay.bradshaw@maine.gov

National EMS for Children Data Analysis Resource Center (NEDARC)
Paul Patrick
paulpatrick@utah.gov
The National EMSC Data Analysis Resource Center is a national resource center that provides technical assistance to EMS agencies and EMSC projects in developing their data capabilities. NEDARC, located at the University of Utah School of Medicine, was created through a cooperative agreement with the Maternal and Child Health Bureau in 1995. NEDARC was originally established to address priorities in EMSC data collection, help states accelerate adoption of common EMS definitions, and enhance data collection and analysis throughout the country.

National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) Board
Paul Patrick
paulpatrick@utah.gov
The National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) is a national effort to standardize the data collected by EMS agencies. NEMSIS is the national repository that will be used to potentially store EMS data from every state in the nation. Since the 1970s, the need for EMS information systems and databases has been well established, and many statewide data systems have been created. However, these EMS systems vary in their ability to collect patient and systems data and allow analysis at a local, state, and national level. For this reason, the NEMSIS project was developed to help states collect more standardized elements and eventually submit the data to a national EMS database.

National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) Technical Assistance Center (TAC)
Robert Norlen
Robert.norlen@state.mn.us
Fergus Laughridge
flaughridge@ems.state.nv.us
NEMSIS TAC is the resource center for the NEMSIS project - the development of a national EMS database. It provides assistance to state, territory, and local EMS agencies and commercial software vendors, biannually assesses all state's and territory's capabilities to provide data to the national EMS database, collects EMS data from five states (First year goal) to populate the national EMS database, creates reference documents, such as dataset explanations and validity documentation, maintains the dataset and the XML schemas and creates compliance policies and software to assess the capabilities of EMS software applications. See www.nemsis.org.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
Randy Kuykendall
randy.kuykendall@state.co.us
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's mission is to save lives, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes, through education, research, safety standards and enforcement activity. NHTSA provides leadership to the motor vehicle and highway safety community through the development of innovative approaches to reducing motor vehicle crashes and injuries by: spearheading innovative research and data analysis critical to motor vehicle and highway safety; leading the nation by setting the motor vehicle and highway safety agenda; and serving as the catalyst for addressing critical safety issues that affect the motor vehicle and highway safety communities.

National Homeland Security Consortium
Beth Armstrong, NASEMSO Executive Director - armstrong@nasemso.org
Leslee Stein-Spencer, NASEMSO Program Advisor - LesleeSS@aol.com
NASEMSO is a member of the National Homeland Security Consortium, which has established as its mission "to provide a forum of key national organizations through effective communication, collaboration, and coordination that positively promotes national policies, strategies, practices and guidelines to preserve the public health, safety and security of the nation." Download NHSC whitepaper on "Protecting Americans for the 21st Century: Imperatives for the Homeland."

National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health                                       
Jim DeTienne
jdetienne@mt.gov
The general purpose of each state office of rural health is to help their individual rural communities build health care delivery systems. With funding provided by the Federal Office of Health Policy, each state office is expected to collect and disseminate information; coordinate rural health resources and activities state-wide; provide technical assistance; encourage recruitment and retention of health professionals; and strengthen state, local, and federal partnerships.

  • JCEC regarding joint NOSORH and NASEMSO rural EMS issues
    David A. Boer, MBA, NREMT-P
    Dave.Boer@usd.edu

National Quality Forum's Steering Committee for Regionalization of the Emergency Medical Services Phase I Project
Robin Shivley (MI)
rmshivl@michigan.gov
The National Quality Forum (NQF) was established in May 1999 as a unique public-private collaborative venture whose mission is to improve the quality of healthcare by standardizing the measurement and reporting of quality-related information and by otherwise promoting quality improvement. This project seeks to expand NQF’s previous work in the emergency care arena by identifying approaches for systematically regionalizing emergency care services at the national, state, and regional levels. It encompasses an environmental scan and a commissioned report; included in this report will be a framework to assess current regionalized emergency medical care services’ measures and guide future measure development, while identifying measure gaps.

National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians - Board of Directors
Brian Litza (WI) (state EMS director)
litzabd@dhfs.state.wi.us
Dan Manz (state EMS director)
dmanz@vdh.state.vt.us
Joe Ferrell (state EMS training coordinator)
jferrell@idph.state.ia.us
The National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental agency that registers emergency medical services providers from across the United States. NASEMSO provides annual nominations for several NREMT Board seats.

  • NREMT Committee to Evaluate Knowledge, Attitudes and Barriers to Accreditation
    Joe Schmider
    jschmider@state.pa.us
    Fergus Laughridge
    flaughridge@ems.state.nv.us
    The NREMT Board of Directors has committed resources this year to evaluate the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers to Accreditation. A committee has been established that consists of State Directors, NREMT Board Members, Paramedic Program Directors, and NREMT research staff to develop a survey that will be sent to nationally accredited and non-accredited paramedic program directors. NASEMSO representatives will attend two meetings. The purpose of the first meeting will be to develop the survey instrument, and the second will be to evaluate data. The NREMT staff will take primary responsibility for survey development, data collection, analysis, and report writing. There may also be some minor pre- or post- meeting review of survey/report drafts. The first meeting of the group is scheduled for March 12-13, 2009, at the NREMT office in Columbus, OH.
  • NREMT Education Review Committee
    Jim DeTienne (MT)
    jdetienne@mt.gov
    The National Registry of EMTs currently permits ten (10) hours of a Refresher Program and half of the continuing education hours required for re-certification to be obtained via distributive education.  Stakeholders have asked for additional allowances.  To date, the NREMT has not studied the quality of the varieties of offerings of distributive education and / or the implications of increasing the use of distributive education and its regards to continued competency.  This committee will explore this request and make recommendations to the NREMT Continued Competency Committee of the Board of Directors based upon research, findings and knowledge obtained via the process.
  • NREMT EMS Fellowship Education Curriculum
    Lee Smith M.D. (WV) (state medical director representative), lbsmith@hsc.wvu.edu
    Doug Kupas M.D. (PA) (state medical director representative), dkupas@state.pa.us
    TBD (state EMS director representative)

National Rural Health Association                                                               
Jim DeTienne (MT)
jdetienne@mt.gov
The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofit membership organization with more than 15,000 members that provides leadership on rural health issues. The association’s mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural health issues through advocacy, communications, education, research and leadership. The NRHA membership is made up of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations, all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health.

National Public Safety Telecommunications Council                                           
Kevin McGinnis
McGinnis@nasemso.org
Shawn Rogers (Alt.)
shawnr@health.ok.gov

National Safety Council
The National Safety Council is a 501 (c) (3) non-for-profit, charitable, international public service organization dedicated to educating and influencing people to prevent accidental injuries and deaths. Founded in 1913 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the NSC is the only organization promoting safety in the workplace, in transportation, and in homes and communities. Members of the NSC include 18,600 companies of all sizes and from a broad spectrum of industries, representing 33,300 locations and 8.5 million employees around the world. The National Safety Council serves as the nation's leading resource on industry trends, professional development, and strategies for advancing safety and health programs and practices. The Council is active in converting injury research and trends information into injury prevention education, training, consultation and advocacy leadership. As a membership organization, the National Safety Council provides opportunities for greater engagement in addressing industry-specific issues. NASEMSO representative to be determined by Training Coordinators Council as of June 24, 2008. Contact Tawni Newton at NewtonT@dhw.idaho.gov.

National Ski Patrol                                                                                
Dennis Bang, Utah EMS Director of Training
dbang@utah.gov
The National Ski Patrol (NSP) is a 26,000-member association striving to be the premier provider of training and education programs for emergency rescuers who serve the outdoor recreation community. NSP's mission is to provide education and training in leadership, outdoor emergency care, safety and transportation services, which enables members to serve the community in the safe enjoyment of outdoor recreation.

National Traffic Incident Management Coalition    
Dia Gainor
Dia@nasemso.org
Scott Winston
scott.winston@vdh.virginia.gov
 NTIMC is a coalition launched in 2004 to promote the safe and efficient management of traffic incidents. NTIMC members work together to: promote state, regional and local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Programs; promote TIM standards, best practices, and performance measures; and promote TIM research. NTIMC currently is leading the development of a National Unified Goal for Traffic Incident Management. Learn more.

  • National Traffic Incident Management Coalition National Unified Goal (NUG) Working Group on Practices and Procedures
    Dia Gainor
    Dia@nasemso.org
     
  • National Traffic Incident Management Coalition National Unified Goal (NUG) Working Group on Education and Training
    Karen Owens
    Karen.Owens@vdh.virginia.gov

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)                                      
Jim DeTienne
JDeTienne@MT.gov
Tawni Taylor
TaylorT@dhw.idaho.gov