Drug-assisted intubation in the prehospital setting position statement of the National Association of Emergency Physicians.

Alternate airways in the prehospital setting (resource document to NAEMSP position statement).

In the United States, advanced level rescuers often use endotracheal intubation (ETI) to provide oxygenation and ventilation to apneic or hypoventilating patients. Alternate airways are devices that facilitate oxygenation and ventilation without the use of an endotracheal tube (Table 1). Other terms used to describe an alternate airway include rescue airway device, alternative airway, secondary...

Joint position statement on emergency medical services and emergency medical services systems. National Association of State EMS Directors and National Association of EMS Physicians.

EMS management of acute stroke--prehospital triage (resource document to NAEMSP position statement).

PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY CARE 2007;11:313–317

Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation: resource document for the National Association of EMS Physicians position statement.

The National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) believes that noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is an important treatment modality for the prehospital management of acute dyspnea. This document serves as a resource to the NAEMSP position on prehospital NIPPV.

Prehospital rapid-sequence intubation--what does the evidence show? Proceedings from the 2004 National Association of EMS Physicians annual meeting.

This article is a summary of the proceedings from a panel presentation and discussion ‘‘Prehospital Rapidsequence Intubation—What Does the Evidence Show?’’ presented at the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) annual meeting, Tucson, Arizona, in January 2004. The presenters, Henry E. Wang, MD, MPH, Daniel P. Davis, MD, and Marvin A. Wayne, MD, are nationally recognized leaders in the...