The following position statements have been adopted by AAEM's Board of Directors.

• Restrictive Covenant White Paper (1/8/08)
• Due Process White Paper (5/15/07)
• AAEM Position Statement on ED Boarding (5/15/07)
• AAEM Position Statement Opposing the Creation or Recognition of an American Board of Disaster Medicine (ABDM) under the auspices of the American Board of Physician Specialists (ABPS) (8/14/06)
• AAEM Position Statement on Emergency Department Crowding: Past, Present, and Future Directions (7/10/06)
• Clinical Practice Guideline: Initial Evaluation and Management of Patients Presenting with Acute Urticaria or Angioedema (7/10/06)
• NAEMSP Guidelines for Air Medical Dispatch (PDF) (endorsed 5/17/06)
• Compact Between Resident Physicians and Their Teachers (PDF) (endorsed 5/17/06)
• AAEM Position Statement on Patient Satisfaction Surveys in the Emergency Department (5/17/06)
• Emergency Nurses Association and American Academy of Emergency Medicine Joint Position on a Code of Professional Conduct (5/16/06)
• AAEM Position Statement on Improving Service Quality (5/16/06)
• AAEM Position Statement on Ethical Expert Conduct and Testimony (10/24/05)
• AAEM Position Statement on Restrictions on the Right to Practice (9/01/05)
• AAEM Position Statement on Due Process Reaffirmed (9/01/05)
• Updated AAEM Position Statement on Emergency Medical Services (7/22/05)
• AAEM White Paper on Tort Reform (5/25/05)
• AAEM Position Statement on Screening and Redirection of Emergency Department Patients (5/25/05)
• AAEM Position Statement on Emergency Department Crowding (5/25/05)
• AAEM Policy Regarding Other Organizations (added 4/27/05)
• AAEM Vision Statement (revised 5/16/04)
• AAEM Misleading Advertising Policy (added 3/31/04)
• AAEM Position Statement on Funding for EMTALA Requirements (added 3/5/04)
• AAEM Position Statement on Documentation and Payment for EMTALA Requirements (added 3/5/04)
• Certificate of Compliance with the AAEM Policy Statements on Fairness in the Workplace (revised 5/16/04)
• The Primary Responsibility of the Emergency Physician is the Care of Patients within the ED (added 3/13/03)
• AAEM Critical Care Medicine Resolution (added 3/13/03)
• Joint AAEM/CORD/SAEM Pediatric Position Statement (added 3/13/03)
• Position Statement: Steroids in Acute Spinal Care Injury (endorsed 3/7/03)
• Joint Task Force Resolution (revised 5/16/04)
• Guidelines for Researchers Involved in Manufacturer-Sponsored Trials (added 12/30/02)
• Board of Directors to Consider Policy Regarding In-House Coverage (added 11/13/02)
• New AAEM Board Policy Addresses "On-Call" Crisis (added 10/14/02)
• AAEM Board Adopts Plaintiff Experts Policy (added 10/14/02)
• AAEM Position Statement on tPA: The Use of Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy in the Treatment of Stroke (added 1/21/02, updated 3/11/02)
• Position Statement: Admissions Orders (added 12/10/01)
• Position Statement: The Role of Government in Securing Emergency Medical Care (added 10/29/01)
• Position Statement: Use of Amiodarone in Refractory Pulseless VT/VF (added 7/30/01)
• FSMB Consensus Proposal (added 7/31/01)
• New AAEM Board of Directors Passes New Position Statements (added 7/9/01)
• Position Statement on Emergency Physician Credentialing (added 2/28/01)
• Position Statement on Nurse-to-Patient ED Staffing Ratios (added 2/28/01)
• Position Statement on Open Books (added 2/28/01)
• Position Statement on Non-Discrimination of Practice Track vs Residency Trained EM Physicians (added 2/28/01)
• Position Statement on Physician-to-Patient ED Staffing Ratios (added 2/28/01)
• Position Statement on Unions in Emergency Medicine (revised 5/16/04)
• Position Statement on Mandatory Error Reporting (added 12/4/00)
• Position Statement on Due Process (added 10/2/00)
• Position Statement on Physician Assistants/Nurse Practitioners (5/20/00)
• Position Statement on Non-Discrimination Between Practice Track and Residency Trained EM Physicians
• Position Statement on Managed Care (added 4/25/00)
• Position Statement on Moonlighting/FSMB Recommendations (08/23/99)
• Position Statement on Performance of Emergency Screening Ultrasound Examinations (02/01/99)
• Position Statement of the Advanced Trauma Life Support Course (02/19/98)
• Position Statement on the Advanced Cardiac Life Support Course (02/19/98)
• Position Statement on the proposed Cardin Bill (H.R. 2011). (11/13/96)