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Membership to qualified Oregon EMS Responders - CLICK
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Welcome...
Since 1974,
OEMSA, formally the Oregon State Paramedic Association
(OSPA), has been and remains Oregon's only statewide
association representing all levels of prehospital EMS
care providers: First Responders, EMT-Basics, EMT-Intermediates,
and Paramedics.
In
2009, OSPA changed their mission and
membership to include ALL professions that provide prehospital
care and/or ambulance transportation in Oregon, opening
membership to RNs, PAs and physicians. If you meet
the legal requirements to provide pre-hospital care
and/or ambulance service in Oregon, OEMSA is your
organization.
A non-profit corporation and the
official NAEMT affiliate for Oregon, we welcome you to
our web site.
OEMSA's
Mission:
“To
promote excellence
in the delivery of prehospital emergency medical
services.”
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OEMSA's
Objectives:
Communicate:
Better communication between EMS personnel
and the communities we serve.
Educate:
Educational advancement of EMS providers in
prehospital care services.
Advocate :
Advocate for EMS providers and improved
patient care through research, public education,
and initiation of local, state and national
activities and legislative actions.
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40th
anniversary of Oregon's FIRST cardiac save!
It was December 1969 and crews
with Portland's Buck Ambulance, now AMR, performed the
first documented cardiac save either in the USA or west of
the Mississippi. . The first class of 8 Coronary Ambulance
Technicians were: Alan Roger Fox, Donald Detweiler,
Woodrow Beasley, Fred Campbell, Ron Rood, Bob Larson,
Larry Hatton, Melvin Carpenter. The team was led
by Dr. Edward Press and Dr. Leonard Rose. Thank you
to you all for what you did for our
profession so many years ago!
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