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Current fb88 EMS Statewide Protocols (Jan 31, 2024) are located here
fb88 EMS Protocols
The MDPB reviews and updates the fb88 statewide pre-hospital EMS protocols on a two-year cycle.Ìý More information on current protocols and resources can be found on the Protocols webpage.Ìý
How can you provide input to future protocols?
Clinical Bulletin - EMS Stakeholder Input for Protocol Changes and New Protocols (PDF) (2/14/22)
If you are interested in suggesting a future protocol change, please use theÌýProtocol Development Stakeholder InputÌýForm (PDF) (2/11/22) - This form is for any stakeholder to submit ideas and suggestions for updates, alterations, or new fb88 EMS protocols.
2025 Protocol Revision Webinar ScheduleÌý
The MDPB had scheduled a series of webinars to discuss protocol revisions and updates.Ìý These have been cancelled due to poor turnout.Ìý There will be extensive revision updates upon completion of the protocols, anticipated to be in the Fall of 2025.
Other Resources
- Clinical & Operational Bulletins
- Protocol references, resources, and archiveÌý
- EMS Medical Director GuidebookÌý(PDF) (5/16)
- Approved Alternate Equipment ListÌý(PDF) (7/25/22)
- MDPB Alternate Equipment Policy (PDF) (7/25/22)
2024 Operational K9 Resources
- Operational Bulletin Operational K9 Protocols (PDF) (11/19/24)
- fb88 EMS OpK9 2024 Protocols (PDF) (11/19/24)
- Vet After hours and 24 hour 7 day clinics (PDF) (11/19/24)
Operational EMS Physician Pilot
All Medical Direction & Practices Board (MDPB) White Papers
- 2021 MEMS Protocols and the 2019 National EMS Scope of Practice (PDF) (6/4/21)
- Acetaminophen (PDF) (6/4/21)
- Airway ManagementÌý(PDF) (2019)
- AnaphylaxisÌý(PDF) (3/18/15)
- Airway Management FAQÌý(PDF)
- Apparent Life-Threatening Event (ALTE)Ìý(PDF)
- Beta Blockers vs Calcium Channel BlockersÌý(PDF) (2019)
- Bougie UseÌý(PDF) (11/16/23)
- Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUE)Ìý(PDF) (7/13)
- Burn ManagementÌý(PDF) (9/13/19)
- CO MonitorsÌý(PDF) (9/13/19)
- Continuum of Care during the COVID-19 PandemicÌý(PDF) (5/8/20)
- Cuffed ET Tubes for PediatricsÌý(PDF) (9/13/19)
- Dexamethasone Update (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Dexamethasone POÌý(PDF)Ìý(9/13/19)
- DrowningÌý(PDF) (7/13)
- EPIC Traumatic Brain Injury Protocol (PDF) (6/4/21)
- High-Threat Treatment (Active Shooter)Ìý(PDF) (11/20/13)
- Infusion PumpsÌý(PDF) (10/3/13)
- KetamineÌý(PDF) (2017)
- Ketamine for the Patient with Excited DeliriumÌý(PDF)Ìý
- Magnesium Sulfate and the Treatment of Eclampsia (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Mechanical CPRÌý(PDF)Ìý(9/13/19)
- Medical Shock (PDF) (6/4/21)
- Naloxone Dispensation (PDF) (11/16/23)
- NaloxoneÌý(PDF)Ìý(9/13/19)
- New 2023 Protocols (Trauma Triage, Strangulation & Fever) (PDF) (12/7/23)
- New England Donor Services Reporting (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Newborn Warmth MaintainenceÌý(PDF) (11/16/23)
- Obstetric / Gynecological Emergencies (PDF) (6/4/21)
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrest during COVID-19 PandemicÌý(PDF) (4/30/2020)
- Out-of-Hospital Traumatic Cardiac ArrestÌý(PDF) (7/13)
- Overdose TreatmentÌý(PDF) (7/21/14)
- Oxytocin (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Pediatric Cardiac Arrest and Pediatric Post Cardiac Arrest (PDF) (11/16/23)
- Pediatric Pain ManagementÌý(PDF) (7/13)
- Pediatric Evidence Based Guidelines (PEGASUS)Ìý(PDF) (3/18/15)
- Post Resuscitation Care - Therapeutic HypothermiaÌý(PDF) (11/30/13)
- Posterior Circulation Stroke (PDF) (11/16/23)
- PressorsÌý(PDF) (7/13)
- Pulmonary Hypertension and Ventricular Assist DevicesÌý(PDF) (2017)
- Refractory Ventricular Fibrillation/Pulseless Ventricular TachycardiaÌý(PDF)Ìý
- Double-Sequential DefibrillationÌý(PDF)
- Seizure ManagementÌý(PDF) (10/17/13)
- Spinal ManagementÌý(PDF)Ìý
- Spine Management UpdateÌý(PDF)
- Termination of ResuscitationÌý(PDF)
- Tranexamic Acid (TXA)Ìý(PDF) (2017)
- Unknown Substance PPE RecommendationÌý(PDF)
Archived Protocols - Reference only, not for clinical use