Mission
The Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee shall make recommendations for Rules to the State Board of Health on all matters relating to emergency medical services. It shall assist area health planning in the establishment and operation of emergency medical services. The Committee shall hold administrative hearings for disciplinary actions against emergency medical service personnel or providers. It shall hear appeals for the denial or renewal of licensures of emergency medical service personnel or providers. The Committee shall review requests for waivers of criminal background disqualifying offenses and engage in the development of dispatching capabilities for emergency medical services in the state.
Meetings are held at:
Freeway Medical Building
5800 W. 10th Street, Suite 906
Little Rock, AR 72204
Meeting Schedule 2026:
- October 14 – Sub-Committee Meeting
- October 27
- December 16
Meeting Schedule 2027:
Minutes:
Members:
- Jeff Tabor (Chair), a certified military emergency medical technician member.
- Dr. Brandon Morshedi (Vice Chair), an emergency physician certified by the Arkansas State Medical Board with emergency room or critical care experience.
- Dr. Bradley Schulz, an emergency medical services medical director of a ground ambulance service.
- Greg Brown, a consumer representative interested in public health and emergency medical services.
- Mack Hutchinson, an emergency medical services paramedic from a ground transportation provider.
- David Jones, an emergency medical services clinician working as an emergency medical services technician, an advanced emergency medical technician, a paramedic, or a community paramedic.
- Latricia Maynard, an air medical services paramedic.
- Keith Edmonds, a public or government-licensed ambulance service provider and a licensed emergency medical services provider.
- Amanda Newton, a private licensed ambulance service provider and a licensed emergency medical services provider.
- Jason Guthrie, a member who is a fire-based ambulance service provider.
- Harold Shray, a member who is the emergency medical services training site program director.
Draft Advisories for Public Comment
- Reduction of Red Lights and Sirens Responses to 911 Calls for Improved Safety in EMS
- Recognition of Critical Care Paramedic Endorsement for AR Paramedic License
New Advisory Proposals
- AR EMSAC Advisory Proposal – Review of Minimum Prerequisites to Become a Flight Paramedic of Flight Nurse in Arkansas
- AR EMSAC Advisory Proposal – Discussion of Adding a Psychomotor Exam to AR EMS Training Requirements
- AR EMSAC Advisory Proposal – Review and Discussion on EMS Wall Times, Hospital Bed Delas, and Ambulance Patient Offload Times in Arkansas
- Vehicle Licensing Matrix
- AR EMSAC Advisory Proposal – Revision and Update to the AR EMS Accreditation Manual
Finalized Advisories
- ALS-to-BLS Release Statewide Clinical Practice Guideline
- Minimum Qualifications, Core Competencies, and Responsibilities for Designation as an EMS Medical Director for an AR EMS Agency
- AR Participation in the Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival (CARES)
- Updates to EMS Rules Regarding Use of Paralytics and PAI Language
- Prehospital Blood Utilization Advisory- Pilot for Standards for Safe and Effective Use in AR
- AR Act 856 (2025) EMS Treatment – in- Place (TIP) Model Guidelines
- Pilot for Adding Finger Thoracostomy into Paramedic Scope of Practice in AR)
Subcommittees and Stoplight Report
Resources
- Act 863
- Act 856
- NASEMSO Clinical Guidelines
- EMS Rules
- National Association of EMS Physicians
- National EMS Quality Alliance
- National Prehospital Guidelines Consortium
- Prehospital Blood Coalition
- ADH Section of EMS
- EMS Agenda 2050