TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction
	EMS Agenda for the Future
	EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach
Development of National EMS Core Content
	Introduction
	Rationale
		Assumptions
		Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine
National EMS Core Content
	Introduction
	Components of National EMS Core Content
		Listing of Conditions and Components
		Patient Acuity Definitions
		Out-of-Hospital/EMS Task Definitions/Elements
		Matrix of Out-of-Hospital/EMS Task Definitions/Elements
		Procedures and Skills Integral to the Practice of EMS
		Other Components of the Practice of EMS
	Special Note Concerning Pediatric, Geriatric, and Other Special Population Patients:
Appendices
	Appendix 1: Task Force Members
	Appendix 2: Listing of Conditions and Components
	Appendix 3: Patient Acuity Definitions
	Appendix 4: Out-of-Hospital/EMS Task Definitions/Elements
	Appendix 5: Matrix of Out-of-Hospital/EMS Tasks by Patient Acuity
	Appendix 6: Procedures and Skills Integral to the Practice of Emergency Medical Services
	Appendix 7: Other Components of the Practice of EMS
	Appendix 8: Documents Used in the Preparation of the National EMS Core Content