Inside EMS Podcast: the EMS Compass Initiative

In this week’s edition of Inside EMS, co-host Chris Cebollero and I welcome Nick Nudell, project manager for the EMS Compass Initiative, which aims to measure meaningful EMS outcomes and performance benchmarks with the aim of establishing industry best practices and standards.

Chris and I have discussed the dire need for realistic performance benchmarks in EMS for some time now, Nick gives us the skinny on how the EMS Compass Initiative was set up by NHTSA and NASEMSO for just that purpose.

Don’t think that cardiac arrest survival rate is an adequate measure for EMS system quality?

How about response times?

Or staffing and crew makeup?

Or shift lengths?

Here’s your chance, as EMS professionals, to weight in on what standards WE believe are relevant, and not have them imposed on us by people outside of our profession.

Don’t squander the chance. Deadline is May 31.

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