Ep 36. NAEMT Radio – NAEMT and State Associations

In the latest edition of NAEMT Radio, Rob Lawrence discusses State Associations and their relationship with NAEMT with NAEMT Board Member, Melissa McNally, MMSc, BCEM PA-C, NRP and Amy Marsh, Vice President of the South Dakota EMS Association. Melissa, also President of the Florida Association of EMTs and Paramedics and Amy discuss the benefits of joining a state association and in turn how affiliation with NAEMT offers many benefits in terms of legislative assistance and information sharing.

About our Guests:

Melissa McNally, MMSc, BCEM PA-C, NRP, is a board-certified emergency medicine physician assistant and nationally registered paramedic with over 31 years of experience in prehospital and emergency medicine. She practices clinically in the emergency department and works as a paramedic for the hospital’s ambulance service. Melissa operates Central Florida Emergency Education Consultants (CFEEC), which provides continuing education content for EMS and other healthcare professionals as well as consultant services in Mobile Integrated Healthcare/Community Paramedicine (MIH-CP) education and other service programs.

Melissa brings leadership experience as a medical practitioner and educator in the field of MIH and has provided clinical oversight to one of Florida’s largest MIH programs, Evolution Health, which manages the population health of over 60,000 Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients across Florida. She currently serves as the President-elect of the Florida Association of EMS Educators and as Secretary of the Access to Care, Medical Care, and Quality Managers Committees for the Florida Bureau of EMS. Melissa was recently appointed by the Surgeon General of Florida as the State EMS Education Chair for the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council.

Melissa has served on NAEMT’s EMS Transformation Committee and the Author Team for the Community Paramedic Course. Currently, Melissa serves as the chair of the Membership Committee and is a member of the Finance Committee. Melissa is also the assistant NAEMT Advocacy Coordinator and Membership Coordinator for the State of Florida.

Amy Marsh serves as EMS Educator for Sioux Falls Fire Rescue Training Center since 2013.  She was born and raised in Sioux Falls and holds a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in Healthcare Administration from the University of Sioux Falls.

She is currently a Nationally Registered Paramedic and instructor in a wide range of EMS courses.  She has been involved in EMS for 32 years taking her EMT-Basic course in 1991.   Prior to working for Sioux Falls Fire Rescue, Amy served as the Program Coordinator for South Dakota EMS for Children for twelve years.  She has spoken at many local, state and regional EMS conferences.  She has served as faculty for IC1 for NAEMSE since 2021 and enjoys the opportunity to share her passion for education with fellow EMS Educators.  She has served on various committees and served on the South Dakota EMS Advisory Council for eight years and most recently serving on the South Dakota EMS Stakeholders Group.   Amy currently serves as the Vice President of the South Dakota EMS Association.  

Resources Discussed

Join the NAEMT: https://www.naemt.org/join/join