In 2017, the National EMS Advisory Council (NEMSAC) discussed the topic of emergency medical services (EMS) nomenclature at length and approved an advisory entitled “Changing the Nomenclature of Emergency Medical Services is Necessary.” The council recommended adopting “the term ‘paramedicine’ to describe the distinct discipline and profession which has emerged within the out of hospital health care field.” NEMSAC members also recommended recognizing a single generic term to describe all clinicians working within this discipline and convening a stakeholder workgroup to create a nomenclature framework