Draft:National Association of EMS Physicians

The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), based in Atlanta, is a professional organization of emergency medical services (EMS) physicians in the United States. Though targeted toward physicians, members also include medical students, EMTs, paramedics, nurses, administrators, educators, and researchers. NAEMSP publishes the academic journal Prehospital Emergency Care.

History
NAEMSP was established in 1984. The American College of Emergency Physicians (ABEM) and the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) developed the fellowship as a subspecialty of emergency medicine in 2011, with accredited programs beginning in 2013. As of January 2024, the organization also contains 35 state and regional chapters. In 2022, he organization established the E. Brooke Research Fund to promote continued EMS research.

EMS physicians in the United States
Generally, EMS physicians in the United States must complete an undergraduate degree, medical school (MD/DO), emergency medicine residency program, and an EMS fellowship. As of 2023, there were 81 EMS fellowship programs and 139 fellowship positions available in the United States.

EMS physicians often work in an emergency departmen t and in the field, or out-of-hospital setting. Many EMS agencies throughout the United States now recommend or require an EMS fellowship to act as a medical director for an EMS agency.

Leadership
NAEMSP is governed by 11 voting board members, including the association president.

Position statements
Via its journal, Prehosptial Emergency Care, NAEMSP publishes position statements on topics including:


 * Excited delirium: Clinical Care and Restraint of Agitated or Combative Patients by Emergency Medical Services Practitioners
 * Financial reimbursement: Reimbursement for EMS Response, Medical Care, and Transport
 * Induced hypothermia: Induced Therapeutic Hypothermia in Resuscitated Cardiac Arrest Patients
 * Pain management: Prehospital Pain Management
 * Spinal Immobilization: Spinal Motion Restriction in the Trauma Patient – A Joint Position Statement
 * Termination of resuscitation: Termination of Resuscitation in Nontraumatic Cardiopulmonary Arrest