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As many of you may know, the New Mexico State Legislature begins their 2009 Legislative Session on January 15. A group of our EMS colleagues were able to arrange our 2nd Annual EMS Day during this year’s Legislative Session, providing EMS Professionals the opportunity to come to Santa Fe and share some time with their respective legislatures. EMS Day at the State Legislative Session is January 29, 2009. Check back for more updates.

New Mexico HM20 EMS Task Force Report

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in New Mexico are facing challenges caused by reduction of federal, state, and local funding for equipment, personnel, training and education needed for emergency medical service delivery and system infrastruture. Further, fewer individuals are able to serve their communities as emergency service personnel. For a complete HM20 Report, click here.

Approval of Special BLS/ILS State Test Sites

In the past few months the EMS Bureau have received requests for special BLS/ILS state test sites to be held at various EMS departments/services. These requests will be approved on a “case by case” basis, with no guarantee of approval for any request. For consideration of approval, the request for a Special Test Site must meet the following guidelines. For a complete guideline listing, click here.

Revised NM Scope of Practice Released

The final version of the 2007 NM Scope of Practice, signed by Dr. Vigil, Secetary, Department of Health, has been released. Click here for a copy of the Scope of Practice, Drug Guidelines 2008, Operations Guidelines 2006, Procedure Guidelines 2008, Treatment Guidelines 2008 or the NM Practical Skill Sheets.

Statewide EMS Conference

July 28th - August 2nd, 2008

Albuquerque, NM

For more information, visit www.nmems.org

*NEW - Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Welcome to the New Mexico EMS Program general questions and answers section. Each year we will update the answers to reflect the latest changes in EMS regulations and much more. We hope you find them helpful and informative. Click here for FAQs!

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EMS Quote of the Week

"Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding."

--Albert Einstein