The AAP advocates the highest quality patient care through ethical and sound business practices, advancing the interests of its members in important legislative, regulatory, educational and reimbursement issues.

We are an educational, non-profit association of emergency service organizations, emergency responders, industry and public service professionals who research, exchange information, and cultivate relationships among constituents about the issues affecting emergency response and life safety issues in Pennsylvania.

The Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (“The Foundation”) is the accrediting body for trauma centers throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Foundation was created by the combined efforts of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania along with the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, the Pennsylvania Emergency Health Services Council, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania first recognized the Foundation in December 1984 when Act 209 was signed into law by Governor Thornburgh. Act 209 expired in June 1985 and a comprehensive Emergency Medical Service Act (Act 45) was signed into law in July 1985 again recognizing the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation as the accrediting body for the trauma centers in Pennsylvania.

We help communities and individuals mitigate against, prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. This includes natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other human-made disasters.

We support county emergency management agencies, including:

• Federal and state partners
• Volunteer organizations involved in disasters
• Private sector business community
• Pennsylvanians