Document ID: NHTSA-2012-0021-0001
Agency: nhtsa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Meetings: National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
Posted Date: 2012-02-16T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 32 (Thursday, February 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9297-9298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3624]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

[Docket No. NHTSA-2012-0021]

National Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council (NEMSAC); 
Notice of Federal Advisory Committee Meeting

AGENCY: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), U.S. 
Department of Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Meeting Notice--National Emergency Medical Services Advisory 
Council.

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SUMMARY: The NHTSA announces a meeting of NEMSAC to be held in the 
Metropolitan Washington, DC area. This notice announces the date, time, 
and location of the meeting, which will be open to the public. This 
meeting will include a special roundtable event, hosted by the NEMSAC, 
regarding the EMS Education Agenda for the Future. The purpose of 
NEMSAC is to provide a nationally recognized council of emergency 
medical services (EMS) representatives and consumers to provide advice 
and recommendations regarding EMS to DOT's National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration.

DATES: The NEMSAC meeting will take place over two and a half days and 
be held on Wednesday March 28, 2012, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST, 
Thursday March 29, 2012, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. EST, and on Friday March 
30, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST. NEMSAC committees will meet from 
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on March 29, 2012. Public comment periods will be 
scheduled throughout the day of March 28, 2012, as well as from 3:30 
p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST on March 29, 2012.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held on the 8th floor of the FHI 360 
Conference Center at 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Dawson, Director, U.S. Department 
of Transportation, Office of Emergency Medical Services, 1200 New 
Jersey Avenue SE., NTI-140, Washington, DC 20590, telephone number 
(202) 366-9966; email Drew.Dawson@dot.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice of this meeting is given under the 
Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. 
App.). NEMSAC will meet on March 28-30, 2012, at the FHI 360 Conference 
Center at 1825 Connecticut Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20009. This 
meeting will include a special roundtable event, hosted by the NEMSAC, 
regarding the EMS Education Agenda for the Future. The purpose of the 
March 28, 2012, roundtable is to provide NEMSAC with stakeholder input 
about the EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach 
including a briefing on the Agenda's history and lessons learned from 
its implementation throughout the United States. This stakeholder input 
will help NEMSAC in making recommendations to the Department of 
Transportation and the Federal Interagency Committee on EMS regarding: 
The Agenda's future and a process for revising/updating the Agenda as 
deemed necessary and appropriate.

Agenda of National EMS Advisory Council Meeting, March 28-30, 2012

    The tentative agenda includes the following:

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

(1) Opening Remarks
(2) History and Overview of the EMS Education Agenda for the Future
(3) Panel Discussion 1--Successes and Challenges in 
Implementing the Current Agenda
(4) Panel Discussion 2--Opportunities and Challenges in 
Revising the Agenda
(5) Panel Discussion 3--The Process To Revise the Agenda
(6) Next Steps

Thursday, March 29, 2012

(1) Opening Remarks
(2) Review and Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting
(3) Update From NHTSA Office of EMS
(4) Federal Partner Update
(5) Presentations From NEMSAC Committees
(6) Public Comment Period

Friday, March 30, 2012

(1) Deliberations of Committee Documents
(2) Discussion of New and Emerging Issues
(3) Unfinished Business/Continued Discussion From Previous Day
(4) Next Steps and Adjourn

    Public comment periods will be scheduled throughout the day of 
March 28, 2012, as well as from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST on March 29, 
2012. Written comments or requests to make oral presentations must be 
received by March 21, 2012, by emailing nemsac@dot.gov. In order to 
allow as many people as possible to speak, speakers are requested to 
limit their remarks to 5 minutes.
    Public Attendance: This meeting will be open to the public. There 
will not be a teleconference option for this meeting. Individuals 
wishing to attend must register online at www.regonline.com/NEMSAC no 
later than March 26, 2012.
    Minutes of the NEMSAC Meeting will be available to the public 
online through www.EMS.gov.

    Issued on: February 13, 2012.
Jeffrey P. Michael,
Associate Administrator for Research and Program Development.
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