Missouri Emergency Medical Services Association

MEMSA is a nonprofit, statewide, professional association committed to high quality emergency medical services across Missouri.

Since 1983, MEMSA has provided leadership in education, training, and pre-licensing EMT and EMT-P practical testing as well as legislation.

MEMSA provides a forum for EMS professionals to accomplish common goals that ensure quality EMS care is delivered statewide. MEMSA members are actively involved in collaborative efforts to achieve these and other goals.

Hot Topics

Federal SIREN Act

Reach out to members of Congress and ask them to support the SIREN Act to address the challenges faced by Rural EMS.

Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) Act (H.R. 5429/S 2830)

This bill would create a grant program for EMS agencies in rural areas - many of which are at the forefront of the opioid epidemic - to support recruitment, retention, education, and equipment for EMS personnel in rural areas.
This was introduced by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Representatives Greg Gianforte (R-MT) and David Loebsack (R-IA).

Please consider spending just a few minutes on the NAEMT online legislative system to send an email to your members of Congress in support of this bill. Use the NAEMT legislative service here: http://www.naemt.org/advocacy/online-legislative-service#/

Thanks for your help in moving EMS forward!

EMS Regulation changes in Missouri

Governor Greitens has directed all Missouri agencies to review the present regulations and consider which ones might be eliminated. As part of that general discussion, the SAC has begun to review all the core EMS regulations in order to provide recommendations to the DHSS. The SAC is hosting a series of meetings to seek input on the current EMS regulations. Those meetings are also on the web. Following each meeting drafts will be put on the web and open for further comment.

The goal of the SAC is to get consensus within the industry prior to submitting recommended changes to the DHSS for their consideration.

The discussion forum on our website is an informal process separate from the official process DHSS and the Secretary of State conduct, but this is the best and easiest way to engage and review regulations that were written in 1998. What should be updated, changed, added, dropped, re-worded to clarify, etc.

Please spend a few minutes looking over the state EMS regulations and visit the new draft posted on the regulation page of our website. Please leave your comments and suggestions on these topics in our discussion forum.

TCD Discussion

We have started posting information and documents related to the TCD discussion in Missouri. Check out the information and make comments at https://memsa.org/TCD.

Missouri EMS conference & Expo, July 24-27
BranSON, Missouri - Registration open!

Get more details at https://moemsconference.org/

Where quality education meets fabulous networking, we plan to provide you with the latest info in training, equipment, and tools to make your job easier while providing the highest quality care for your patients.

NEW THIS YEAR! -- Pre-Conference Cadaver Lab

Get more details and a registration link here.

April 2018 was MEMSA's 35th Birthday, so we are giving you a present to celebrate!!

So here is your present from MEMSA…For one year, a MEMSA membership is free for new organizations and individuals who sign-up!

With that free membership comes a $10,000 insurance policy, the Missouri EMS Connection magazine, and the opportunity to buy equipment, supplies, uniforms, and even Disney tickets, through a group purchasing program. Get more details about this offer and how to take advantage of it on our birthday page or our frequently asked questions page.