EMS Agenda 2050: A Keynote Speaker ’s Report from Washington, DC

It was my great pleasure to be in Washington, DC, last week as a guest of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT)/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). I was invited to attend—and be the keynote speaker during—the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agenda 2050 National Implementation Forum. The forum was held in the DOT’s impressive 2.1 million square-foot headquarters complex within the historic Washington Navy Yard. It often surprises people in and out of emergency services to learn that the DOT has a long history of leadership in the development andadvancement of EMS across the U.S. This came about in the early 1970’s with DOT’s farsighted interest and leadership in working to reduce the number of people injured or killed in highway traffic incidents. However, once the EMS modern concept was “out of the barn," it grew to incorporate every type and phase of emergency medical care in the U.S. and—by emulation—many parts of the world. Over the last two years, NHTSA has been hosting and providing technical advice to a blue ribbon task force focusing on the next era of nationwide EMS development via the aptly named EMS Agenda 2050. JEMS has been routinely reporting on the work and planning progress being made in and around this important process. The group working to develop the next EMS road map has been designated as the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) and is being operationally managed by the REDHORSE Corporation. Likewise, the...
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