The mark consists of a red oval band with blue borders; inside the band, beginning at approximately seven o'clock and running around the top ending at approximately five o'clock, are the words "BOARD OF CERTIFICATION IN EMERGENCY MEDICINE" in blue banded gold letter; centered at the bottom of the band are the words "ORGANIZED IN 1986" in white letters; the middle of the oval shows the back of a slightly out of focus red, yellow and black ambulance with the doors open, the yellow lights shining and the black silhouette of a person standing between the open doors; in the vertical center of the oval is a blue banded gold staff with a blue banded gold snake wrapped around it, similar to a caduceus, and in the horizontal center of the oval are the letters "BC" to the left of the caduceus and "EM" to the right of the caduceus in blue banded white letters. Below the oval are the words "A MEMBER BOARD OF THE AMERICAN BOARD OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALTIES" in black on a white background.