May 2, 2008 - The North Carolina Office of Emergency Medical Services (NCOEMS) is pleased to announce the 2008 Call For Presentations (PDF, 132 KB) for the 35th annual educational conference, Emergency Medicine Today, to be held in Greensboro, North Carolina, October 5 - 8, 2008.
EM Today is one of the most widely recognized EMS educational conferences in the country, offering its attendees the opportunity to hear presentations from outstanding faculty from across North Carolina and the United States. The conference offers continuing education credit for topics of general interest and current advancements in the fields of Prehospital Emergency Care, Emergency and Trauma Medicine and Public Health.
The 2008 Call For Presentations (PDF, 132 KB) includes the presentation submission form. All presentation submission forms are due no later than Friday, May 30, 2008.
Additional information regarding the 2008 Emergency Medicine Today Conference, including the conference Web site, will be launched in the coming weeks. We appreciate your support of EM Today and we'll see you in Greensboro October 5-8, 2008!
May 1, 2008 - Hurricane season has begun, and North Carolina's emergency medical services are looking for medical and non-medical volunteers (PDF, 37 KB) to draw from in the event of a disaster. Any North Carolina resident who is willing to volunteer to be deployed locally, regionally, statewide, and/or federally in the event of a disaster is encouraged to register with the North Carolina State Registry of Volunteers, called SERVNC, announced Tuesday by the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services.
The registration process is simple and takes no more than 15 minutes. Those interested should go to www.servnc.org. During registration they will be asked contact information, deployment preferences, medical history, occupation and skills.
March 17, 2008 - The 19th Annual May Day Trauma Conference (PDF, 281 KB) will be held May 8, 2008 in Chapel Hill, NC at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education [Directions].
February 6, 2008 - The 4th Annual N.C. Registrar Symposium (PDF, 181 KB) will be held May 14, 2008 in Chapel Hill, NC at the Hedrick Building, UNC Healthcare [Directions].
January 23, 2008 - Letter from Drexdal Pratt, Chief of the N.C. Office of Emergency Medical Services, explaining that NCOEMS has launched the new on-line EMS Credentialing Information System (CIS) (PDF, 42 KB) allowing EMS personnel, system administrators, course instructors and program coordinators opportunity to manage credentialing and testing information using a web-based interface and providing basic instructions for accessing the system.
September 19, 2007 - The North Carolina Board of Nursing and the Office of Emergency Medical Services have issued a Joint Position Paper regarding non-traditional practice settings for EMS personnel (PDF, 140 KB).
March 19, 2007 - The Office of Emergency Medical Services has released a position statement concerning Specialty Care Transport Programs (SCTP) (PDF, 62 KB). The position clarifies the roles of SCTP when transporting patients.
