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Emergency Medical Services

Resources for students in the Emergency Medical Services program

Organizations & Associations

The nation’s only organization that represents and serves the professional interests of all EMS practitioners, including paramedics, emergency medical technicians, emergency medical responders, and other professionals providing prehospital and out-of-hospital emergent, urgent or preventive medical care.

Protects America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S.

Part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s medical research agency — making important discoveries that improve health and save lives.

NHTSA's Office of EMS

A non-profit organization, is the Nation’s Emergency Medical Services Certification organization

Information on Health information privacy from HHS.gov

The National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA) is a professional association of EMS leaders dedicated to the discovery, development, and promotion of excellence in leadership and management in EMS systems, regardless of EMS system model, organizational structure or agency affiliation.

Videos, links, and more on EMS procedures and responses

AAEM was established in 1993 to promote fair and equitable practice environments necessary to allow emergency physicians to deliver the highest quality of patient care.

The American Ambulance Association safeguards the future of mobile healthcare through advocacy, thought leadership, and education.

The National Association of State EMS Officials is the lead national organization for EMS, a respected voice for national EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment for the development of effective, integrated, community-based, universal and consistent EMS systems.

The International Association of EMTs and Paramedics (IAEP) is an EMT / Paramedic Union, a 10,000-member-strong EMS union working every day for EMS professionals.

A 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to scholarship, research and to creating a safer, healthier environment on college and university campuses through the support, promotion, and advocacy of campus-based emergency medical services.

the organization of physicians and other professionals providing leadership and fostering excellence in EMS.

the leading national and international professional association for respiratory care. The AARC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the public, the profession and the respiratory therapist.

The leading organization working to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease through education, advocacy and research.

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