The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is pleased to
announce the creation of the Office of Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
Recognizing the consistent and long-standing contribution of the EMS program and
its increasing responsibilities, NHTSA is elevating the stature of the EMS
Division to match its expanding role.
The Office of EMS will report to the Associate Administrator for Program
Development and Delivery, Marilena Amoni, and will continue its mission to
reduce death and disability by providing leadership and coordination of
comprehensive, evidence-based emergency medical services and 9-1-1 systems.
This national EMS office, in close coordination with its Federal partners,
will serve its constituents with a coordinated, consensus-based process to
reinforce the vital role of the EMS community in shaping and realizing its own
future. With a vision of universal and quality emergency medical care leading to
optimal patient outcomes, the Office of EMS will function specifically to
improve all aspects of EMS systems, at the local, State, and national level.
With its Federal and national partners, and through management of the
statutorily created Federal Interagency Committee on EMS (FICEMS), this national
EMS office will continue to provide the EMS community with a mechanism for
ongoing Federal coordination of EMS programs.
If you have any questions or need more information, please do not hesitate to
contact Mr. Drew Dawson, who can be reached at (202) 366-9966, or drew.dawson@nhtsa.dot.gov
Drew
E. Dawson, Acting Director
Office of Emergency Medical
Services
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 7th ST.
SW (NTI-140)
Washington, D.C. 20590
202 366-9966
(Voice)
202 366-7721 (Fax)
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
