EMS, 9-1-1, and Highway Safety: Collaboration That Improves Outcomes

When a motor vehicle crash happens, EMS strives to improve outcomes with faster, safer, and smarter response. Strengthening this response can start with deeper partnerships with 9-1-1 and Highway Safety—connections that can open doors to new resources, better coordination and shared solutions. For many EMS leaders, 9-1-1 and Highway Safety partners sit outside the day-to-day world of staffing, training, and clinical oversight. Yet the decisions these groups make directly impact how quickly help arrives, where risks concentrate and what resources your agency can access. This session will challenge the way EMS leaders think about collaboration. Attendees will learn how to find the right people, start meaningful conversations, and join planning efforts that influence roadway safety priorities. This session will also highlight joint-improvement opportunities like expanding access to prehospital blood—and show how shared data and aligned goals can turn EMS, 9-1-1 and Highway Safety into a coordinated force for saving more lives after a crash.