Recommended Essential Equipment for Basic Life Support and Advanced Life Support Ground Ambulances 2020: A Joint Position Statement

* Abbreviations: ALS — : advanced life support BLS — : basic life support EMS — : emergency medical services The National Association of EMS Physicians, along with these coauthoring associations: American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center, Emergency Nurses Association, and National Association of State EMS Officials and as also endorsed by the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians, believes that the delivery of high-quality and effective EMS care is dependent on several factors, including but not limited to the presence of the following: Several documents, including previous versions of this joint position statement, the National Model EMS Clinical Guidelines Version 2.2 , the 2018 National EMS Scope of Practice Model , the Clinical Credentialing of EMS Providers , Physician Oversight of Pediatric Care in Emergency Medical Services , Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Medical Services Systems , and core performance measures from the US Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration EMS for Children (EMSC) Program have been developed to lay the foundation of several of the concepts noted above.1–9 Ensuring that EMS providers are properly equipped to perform their clinical duties is an important function of oversight in EMS systems. In the past, this regulatory oversight has been based on the publication of minimum recommended equipment standards, including previous versions of this document.2–4 These efforts have attempted to provide a listing of the minimum items recommended for basic life support (BLS) and advanced life support (ALS) ground ambulances. The field of EMS … Address correspondence to John Lyng, MD, NRP, National Association of EMS Physicians, 4400 College Blvd, Suite 220, Overland Park, KS 66211. E-mail: jlyngmd{at}gmail.com