Position Statements | The Emergency Medical Services Association of Colorado

Position Statements

One of the most important services of the association is to announce the common position of the profession on current issues, which are usually legislative or regulatory in nature. Here you will find the "opinion" of the association, as crafted by the board of directors, regarding definitions, functions, practices and public policy of, or affecting, EMS in Colorado.

Name	Date
Trauma Care In Colorado	January, 1995
Definition of Emergency Service	January, 1995
Use of National Registry exams for certifying Colorado First Responder	July, 1996
Use of Automated External Defibrillators	April, 1997
Medical Direction of First Responders	July, 1997
2000 Colorado Constitution Amendment 21	October, 2000
Medical transportation payment authorization assigned to counties	July, 2002
EMT-Intermediate administration of narcotic pain analgesics	July, 2002
Use of NREMT for EMT certification and recertification	July, 2003
Colorado EMT Certification Concerns	March, 2004
Access of Public / Private and Hospital-Based EMS Systems to Colorado Public Safety Systems	November, 2004
Endorsement of the Proposal to Establish a U.S. Emergency Medical Services Administration	July, 2005
Proposed Changes to Colorado EMT Formulary in Board of Medical Examiners’Rule 500	January, 2006
Medical Control Practice Committee	February, 2006