Registration is open for the 2013 MO EMS Conference & EXPO!!! 2013 Expo Brochure
Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association
The Vendor Registration is now open for the 2013 MO EMS Conference & EXPO. REGISTER NOW!
The Bureau of EMS requests that applications for all levels of EMT be received no more than 120 days or no less than 30 days prior to expiration.
As you know, the Missouri General Assembly is back from Spring Break. Our Coalition has a website with an advocacy tool that your members can use to email legislators. Your members can email their state representative and senator today by using the pre-written letter or they can write their own to explain why leveraging the federal dollars to expand access to health coverage for the working poor is important. It is user friendly. The pre-written letter does not endorse any particular piece of legislation, but instead, makes the case for Medicaid transformation/expansion in general.
Let’s try and send over 1,000 emails out this week by accessing the following link:
Please see the Exams & Education Tab at the top for all testing dates and locations!
Local Boy Scout Troops are collecting Fire Dept and EMS patches from all over the world, and we would like for all services to send at least one patch to:
Malinda Fast
1736 Southridge Dr
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Thank you for your support!!
To register, visit the Exams & Education link at the top and choose NAEMT Safety Course.
The Stroke and STEMI regulations are now available on the Missouri Secretary of State’s website for viewing. http://www.sos.mo.gov/
To navigate the website: Go to the toolbar, Administrative Rules, then Mo Register, 2012 Issues.
Last March the new E.V.E.N.T. online system was launched. This system was created for EMS practitioners to anonymously report EMS and patient safety near-miss and line of duty death incidents by answering a series of questions in an online format. Information about the system is attached for your reference is also attached.
The purpose of the system is to collect and aggregate data that will then be analyzed and used in the development of EMS policies and procedures, and for use in training, educating and preventing similar events from occurring in the future. All EMS organizations are invited and encouraged to become E.V.E.N.T. site partners. [Read more...]
The Handbook for EMS Medical Directors was developed by the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) as part of a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), U.S. Fire Administration (USFA), and was supported by DHS, Office of Health Affairs (OHA). The IAFC Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Section provided oversight in the development of the handbook. Also listed are the numerous individuals and organizations that participated in producing the handbook. Download the handbook