Arizona Emergency Medical Systems Inc

Planning - functional expense category supports the various processes that support the development and implementation of activities pertaining to education, prevention, training, community outreach, resource distribution, and advocacy. Selected examples of planning activities include: functional group meeting coordination, transfer of care oversight, and categorization.

Community outreach & resources - activities that provide awareness about emergency medical services. Additionally, this catagory represents activities that support the procurement and distribution of additional resources for aems providers. Selected examples of community outreach and resources include: aems service awards, aces of hearts awards, and rural scholarship fundraising.

Advocay - functional expense category supports aems involvement and leadership with issues affecting ems through representation and involvement with various state committees, aems board of governors, functional groups, ames committees and task forces, and partnership with other community organizations. Selected advocacy issues include: diversion, epic, stroke centers, categorization, cardiac arrest/share program, trauma, disaster, pediatrics, and community paramedicine.