NASEMSO Webcast
NASEMSO Update:
Implementing the EMS Education Agenda: A Systems Approach
Archive of Webcast Held June 2, 2008
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Agenda | About the Speakers | View Archived Webcast
States have the primary responsibility for protecting citizens served by EMS personnel and agencies through various mechanisms including licensure. We achieve this role through partnerships and collaboration with other stakeholders at local, state, and national levels. Because of this common and important function, our Association has taken the lead in coordinating implementation of the EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach.
Scheduled Topics:
- The EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach - a review of what it is and where it came from
- Progress to date toward implementation
- The role of NASEMSO and its partners
- Updates on the implementation calendar
- Education Agenda preview for our Mid-Year Meeting
- Webcasts and other meeting opportunities after the Mid-Year Meeting
- New “Implementation” web site with resources available to assist states
- State-by-state consultations if needed
- Questions and answers
Webcast Speakers:
Shawn Rogers started his career pursuing a degree in sculpture at OU in 1974. He was also an orderly at Norman Regional Hospital, and his experiences working in the Emergency Room led him to switch majors, first to Nursing and eventually to EMS. He completed the EMT-basic course at South Oklahoma City Junior College in 1981, and finished the paramedic program the following year. He worked as an EMT, Intermediate and Paramedic at AmCare in Oklahoma City until 1985, when he moved to Yukon EMS. He became the director there in 1986, and started teaching basic and paramedic courses at Moore-Norman Vo-Tech the same year. He was one of the first PHTLS instructors in Oklahoma. Shawn directed Yukon EMS through its transition into Mercy EMS, and operated that agency from 1987 to 1996. He then joined the Oklahoma State Health Department EMS division, where he has served as an EMS administrator and Trauma Systems Coordinator before becoming EMS Director in 2001. Shawn is an executive board member of Advocates for EMS, a national advocacy group. |
W. Daniel Manz is the Director of Emergency Medical Services for the Vermont Department of Health. He has been in emergency medical services (EMS) for more than 30 years and worked as an emergency medical technician (EMT), volunteer EMS squad leader, hospital communications technician, EMS regional coordinator, EMS trainer and State EMS Director. Much of his work has been in rural areas, including Maine, Vermont and Saudi Arabia. Within Vermont, Mr. Manz has been the EMS Director for more than 20 years. During his tenure, he has been instrumental in developing Vermont’s system of emergency medical care. Current projects he is involved with are largely focused on injury prevention and preparedness for public health emergencies. He is representing the Vermont Department of Health in the development of a strategic highway safety plan. Within the New England region, Mr. Manz has served twice as the President of the New England Council for EMS. Mr. Manz has been active in the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO), serving as Treasurer and and President. He represented the association on several national projects including the EMS Agenda for the Future, HCFA Negotiated Rule Making process, and was the Principal Investigator for the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. He is the NASEMSO liaison to the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and has participated with the ACS on several state and regional trauma system consultation teams. In other national settings, Mr. Manz is a Board member of the National Registry of EMTs. He has functioned as a grant reviewer for multiple federal agencies. He has been a member of numerous state EMS assessments or reassessments organized by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He is currently a co-authoring two chapters of a book on EMS medical direction published by the National Association of EMS Physicians. Mr. Manz recently served on the Institute of Medicine’s Emergency Department Subcommittee for the Future of Emergency Care within the U.S. Health Care System project. He is currently part of a Centers for Disease Control sponsored project on field triage of trauma patients. |
