National EMS Education Standards and Instructional Guidelines - Completed in 2009, the National EMS Education Standards (the Standards) represents yet another step toward realizing the vision of the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future, as articulated in the 2000 EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach. The Standards define the minimal entry-level educational competencies for each level of EMS personnel as identified in the National EMS Scope of Practice Model. Eventually, the Standards will replace the current DOT National Standard Curricula (NSC).Contents include: Preparatory * Anatomy and Physiology * Public Health * Pharmacology Airway Management, Respiration, and Artificial Ventilation * Patient Assessment * Medicine * Shock and Resuscitation * Trauma * Special Patient Populations * EMS Operations