MEMBERSHIP IS FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL

What members do:

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

• Join our email list to be notified about petitions, meetings, public comment periods, the Coalition’s activities, and opportunities to speak up

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

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

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

Our Commitment to Professional Advocacy:

The Massachusetts Prehospital Coalition exists to improve patient care through respectful, 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 EMS in the Commonwealth.

Our work is about improving the system, not criticizing the people in it. Patient privacy comes first: we never discuss identifiable patients or share protected health information.

Members take part as individuals, and their views are their own, not those of their employers.

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.

Professional licensure exists to protect the public, and we trust that the Office of Emergency Medical Services, the Medical Services Committee, EMCAB, EMS agencies, EMS education institutions, and medical directors share our commitment to an environment where providers can speak openly without fear of retaliation. Open dialogue is how good policy is made.