JEMS
JUNE 20, 2025
Crumple zones, airbags, better engineered restraint systems and vehicle automation are lessening the trauma EMS saw in the beginning that gave birth to modern EMS from the white paper “Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society.” Think about what has changed in the response to a 911 call.
JEMS
AUGUST 7, 2025
This runs counter to everything we have advocated for since the National Academies of Sciences published the white paper in 1966 that helped establish EMS. The future of emergency care, and the lives it protects, hangs in that balance. Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock 16(4):p 156-160, Oct–Dec 2023. | Brown, J.B.;
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ESO
DECEMBER 19, 2024
While much was accomplished in 2024, here are some of the highlights, white papers, and research that defined our journey: Pioneering Research for Emergency Services Aggregate data is an incredibly powerful tool for transforming first responders’ ability to serve their communities.
Paramedic Chiefs of Canada
JUNE 14, 2023
. – The Paramedics Chiefs of Canada (PCC) has published a paper outlining a new set of guidelines for the future of paramedicine in Canada at its national Leadership Summit in Kelowna, B.C. Since the release of that white paper, PCC has worked to update that vision to respond to challenges in the health-care sector in Canada.
High Performance EMS
JULY 13, 2020
Yet it wasn’t until 1966 that the National Academy of Sciences ‘white paper,’ officially titled “ Accidental Death and Disability: The Neglected Disease of Modern Society ,” that ambulances began to transform from a side business at funeral homes into our modern Emergency Medical Systems of today.
Paramedic Training Spot
DECEMBER 21, 2021
An emergency medical technician , or EMT, is a highly-trained individual capable of providing the necessary medical interventions and transport for the patients accessing their emergency medical service. In 1966, “The White Paper” is presented to President Lyndon B.
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