White Paper Revisited

[Editor]

EMS: Where were we in 1966, where are we now, and where should we be heading as a profession?

Representatives from a number of EMS groups will be participating in a brainstorming event hosted by EMS Magazine this July to discuss this very topic. The group will review the influential 1966 white paper about the development of the U.S. EMS system, and discuss ideas for future funding, recruitment and retention, industry career paths, and more.

For more information read the editorial "Let's Fix it Before it Breaks" on page 54 of your March issue. If you would like to submit points for discussion at the meeting, please add your comments here or email EMS Magazine editor Nancy Perry at nancy.perry@cygnusb2b.com.

[Editor]

You can now check out "Let's Fix it Before it Breaks" online at http://www.emsresponder.com/publication/article.jsp?pubId=1&id=7277.

Then, jump in here and share your opinions on where EMS should be heading as a profession. What do You want our top EMS leaders to discuss at the July meeting? Your input is valuable, so please take the opportunity to be heard - or don't say they never asked!

[dr-exmedic]

For example, in order for a person to become an emergency physician, nurse, physicians' assistant, etc., they would first have to spend a specified number of years of service as an EMS provider.
Please, don't even bother thinking about discussing this option, unless you need comic relief. Those other professions are just going to laugh in EMS' face.