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Arizona Emergency Medical Systems (AEMS)
AEMS is a community-based, volunteer organization committed to enhancing emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care for the Central Arizona region, encompassing Maricopa, Pinal, and Gila counties.
As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, AEMS has been fostering collaboration among healthcare professionals, including physicians, nurses, EMTs, paramedics, and hospital administrators since 1975.
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Click the buttons below for the Guidelines and Overview of the 2026 changes:
Changes approved Nov 2025 - Effective Jan 12th 2026.
Crash Responder Safety Week - 2025
From the State
November 17-21, 2025 is National Crash Responder Safety Week (CRSW). ADHS/BEMSTS and the Arizona TIM Coalition invites you to participate in this year's CRSW observance Every minute of every day, law enforcement, fire and rescue, emergency medical services, public works, transportation, towing, and other responders work to make roadways safe for all road users. These traffic incident responders put their lives at risk when clearing each of the nearly 7 million motor vehicle crashes that occur in the U.S. each year.
Crucial Voices of AZ Project
The Arizona Perinatal Trust (APT) is excited to share the findings from their Crucial Voices of Arizona project, which seeks to promote respectful maternity care across Arizona by amplifying the CDC's Hear Her campaign. In 2024-2025, The CDC Foundation awarded the Arizona Perinatal Trust (APT) to support this important work. APT conducted multiple focus groups of women, and their support people, who shared their experiences during prenatal, birth, and postpartum care. The women speaking to their communities in the videos were participants from listening sessions held across the state with women from diverse backgrounds. New social media short videos will be released each week over the next four weeks.
Enhancing Maternal Emergency Preparedness:
Enhancing Maternal Emergency Preparedness: Evaluating a Train-the-Trainer Model for Obstetric Life Support Implementation in Arizona
Dr. Andrea Shields, MD
Shayna Cunningham, PhD
October 16, 2025
Noon
This free 60 minute webinar is presented by the Arizona Center for Rural Health
1 CE Available for eligible Arizona EMCTs
Sponsored by AEMS
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Learning objectives:
- Describe disparities in maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly in rural and underserved settings.
- Explain how OBLS simulation-based training enhances maternal emergency response and contributes to reducing health inequities.
- Discuss preliminary findings and lessons learned from evaluating a train-the-trainer approach to OBLS implementation across diverse healthcare settings in Arizona.
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AEMS 50th Anniversary Celebration
Arizona Emergency Medical Systems, Inc. (AEMS) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary! We invite you to be part of this special occasion as we honor the people and partnerships that have strengthened the EMS system across Central Arizona for five decades.
Saturday, October 25, 2025
5:00 - 9:00 pm ● Scottsdale, AZ
🎉 Festivies including dinner, music, photo booth, and casino night for raffle prizes
Honoring AEMS’ 50 years
💲 Tickets: $35 per person
This is a ticketed event with limited seating available. Tickets are offered on a first come, first served basis, so we encourage you to RSVP soon to secure your place.
We look forward to celebrating with you and recognizing 50 years of AEMS!
PediSTAT Integrations CARES Guidelines for APP
A Message from the Central Arizona Regional EMS Medical Directors Consortium
As previously discussed, we will be adding the PediSTAT calculator to the CAREMSG. Go live is scheduled for Monday, July 7th.
Click the button below for instructions on how to use PediSTAT integrations with the CARES Guidelines:
PediSTAT has several pharmacists that reviewed all of our guidelines to ensure correct dosing. As mentioned at the last CAREMDC meeting, the calculator identified some dosing changes that needed to be made to conform with the weight-based dosing algorithm and clear up dosing ambiguity. The guidelines still list an option to use a lower dose for patients over a certain age; however, the calculator will calculate the fixed weight-based dose. The summary of the changes is outlined below:
Push Dose Epi:
- Added route of administration (IV/IO) that was missing throughout the document.
- Corrected the dosing to weight-based 1 mcg/kg to max 20 mcg per dose; previous version resulted in underdosing.
- These changes were applied to the Shock, Crashing Patient, Bradycardia, Bites and Envenomations guidelines along with the Push Dose Epi instructions.
Pain Management:
- Morphine dose updated to 4 mg increments to max total dose of 16 mg.
- Previous version was 2–5 mg increments to max total dose of 15 mg.
Seizure:
- Updated midazolam and lorazepam doses to weight-based dosing.
Hypoglycemia:
- Updated oral glucose to fixed dose instead of range.
- Glucagon was updated to remove conflicting doses for age/weight criteria.
Shock:
- Updated verbiage for IVF bolus for clarity.
Chest Pain:
- Eliminated Morphine for pain control per discussion at CAREMDC.
Agitated Patients:
- Adult lorazepam: removed range dose of 2–4 mg and changed to 2 mg increments.
- Pediatric midazolam: removed range dose for IM and IV/IO options.
EMS Week
Happy EMS Week * May 18-24, 2025
Thank you for your EMS service to the Central Region.
This EMS Week offers a fitting moment to reflect on AEMS' 50 year history of working together to enhance EMS systems and improve patient care for our Central Region communities.
Over these five decades, AEMS has been built by ALL of you - and by the many who came before you - each playing a role in the success we share and the legacy we proudly celebrate this year.
While this video presentation highlights this year’s Arizona Department of Health Services Central Region award recipients - including the EMCT of the Year, fellow nominees, and trauma honorees - it was also created to express appreciation for everyone who has been part of AEMS over the years.
We hope you enjoy this collection of photos highlighting just some of the many people who have been part of AEMS through the decades. While not fully inclusive, this presentation offers a glimpse into our shared history and serves as a prelude to a more comprehensive tribute - coming soon - celebrating our 50th Anniversary.
ADHS
Our partners in ADHS Prevention are hosting a virtual 2025 Stroke, EMS, Tribal and Rural Summit next Thursday, May 22, from 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM. Summit topics include:
- Barriers to Timely Stroke & Cardiac Care in Rural & Tribal Communities: Challenges & Solutions for EMS
- Recognizing Stroke in the Field
- Rural Health: Access Health Disparities, and Challenges
- & More
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