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The Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado is a not-for-profit society of emergency medical service professionals. Founded as the EMT Association of Colorado in 1973, it is one of the oldest state EMS organizations in the nation.
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EMSAC is involved in many facets of EMS in the state. Our purpose is threefold:
Advocate
Communicate
Educate
Membership comprises paramedic-, intermediateand basic-level EMTs, first responders, physicians and nurses; and emergency dispatchers, medical educators and researchers, EMS training institutions and suppliers to the profession. We are both paid and volunteer professionals, from the urban centers of the state and our wide open rural areas. Leaders of both their own organization and EMS in Colorado as a whole, our members serve with ambulance services, fire departments, search and rescue teams and ski patrols; and in hospitals, industrial plants, teaching institutions, dispatch centers and the military.
Through our many activities, the association is constantly at work, pushing for excellence of care for everyone needing emergency medical aid.
Advocacy
As the only state organization dedicated solely to EMS, EMSAC serves the EMS practioner and the EMS system. The association speaks with a unified voice to assure the best care for victims of trauma and those suffering from medical emergencies. The Colorado Legislature, the Prehospital Care Program office of the Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment, allied organizations such as the Colorado Search and Rescue Board, Colorado State Fire Chiefs Association and the American College of Emergency Physicians have all heard from
EMSAC on many occasions. When such organizations need the expertise and opinions of EMS professionals, they ask EMSAC.
From position papers to legislation to public education, EMSAC is EMS in Colorado. Whether it be a legislative committee considering the operation of emergency vehicles, the development of the Colorado trauma system, or the Prehopsital Care Program planning the next ten year's evolution of Colorado EMS, EMSAC offers the critical perspective of those who daily provide, manage and plan emergency care.
Communication
The EMSAC STAR newsletter is considered by many members as the most valuable association service.
The EMSAC STAR serves as a clearinghouse of the important Colorado-specific EMS information — it is the only source in the state for news and trends about professional EMS care in Colorado. The STAR features articles about new emergency medical procedures and research, a calendar of ongoing training events, updates on new or proposed changes in state EMS regulations, as well as opinion pieces about this young and evolving profession.
It offers a column in which field EMTs and EMS agency managers can obtain answers to confusing medical, legal and management questions.
Education
EMSAC was founded to provide continuing education to meet the state required needs of EMTs. True to our history, we continue today. We co-produce the Colorado State EMS Conference, which incorporates the state's oldest annual EMS training conference: the EMSAC Conference and Annual Meeting. Drawing members and nonmembers alike, it is
the greatest value in EMS conferences in Colorado. EMSAC works with local EMS agencies, EMS councils and RETACs to bring to them outstanding regional emergency medical continuing education seminars and courses difficult to do on a local scale. We sponsor or cosponsor specialty educational events with hospitals, allied associations and other EMS educators.
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