Massachusetts EMS providers, educators, and physicians at every career stage, working together for better patient care. Help shape our positions and be a voice for change for our communities.

What members do:

• Help shape the MPC’s positions on protocols, education, and scope of practice

• Get notified about MPC petitions, meetings, public comment periods, and opportunities to speak up

• Bring real-world experience from the field to the policy conversation

• Connect with EMS providers across the Commonwealth who share the same goals

• Step up to lead by serving on our board or committees

Our Commitment to Professional Advocacy:

The Massachusetts Paramedic Coalition exists to improve patient care through open, respectful, and good-faith discussion of public policy. Our members speak as citizens and licensed professionals on matters of public concern, including statewide treatment protocols, scope of practice, education standards, and the structure of the bodies that oversee Emergency Medical Services in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Our advocacy is directed at policies and systems, not individuals. We do not share protected health information, discuss identifiable patients, or speak on behalf of any employer. Members participate in their personal capacity, and their views do not represent the services or institutions where they work.

We believe that providers who raise concerns about patient safety and public policy strengthen the EMS system. Every EMS provider learns the principles of crew resource management: anyone on the team can and should speak up when they see a risk to the patient, regardless of rank. A just culture applies that same principle to the whole system, and treats them as opportunities to learn rather than reasons to punish. Professional licensure exists to protect the public, and we trust that the Office of Emergency Medical Services, EMS agencies, EMS education institutions, medical directors, and all of our partners share our commitment to an environment where providers can speak openly without fear of retaliation. Open dialogue is how good policy is made.