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Emergency Medical Services

Resources for students in the Emergency Medical Services program

Emergency Traumas and Response

Emergency Traumas & Disaster Response 

 

OER Links

Open-Content Textbook of Emergency Medicine

Students will practice use of Incident Command System in coordination with other public safety responders. This course will present scenarios requiring responders to structure their EMS resources within the guidance of NIMS ICS, as appropriate to the needs of the different incident types

This course focuses on the role public health plays in the disaster lifecycle and emergency management.

Training videos developed in accordance with the 2015 National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians® Paramedic Psychomotor Competency Portfolio (PPCP) Manual. These skills training videos will serve as tutorials for training paramedics in the CTC Paramedic Academy.

EMS (Journal of Emergency Medical Services) seeks to improve prehospital patient care and promote positive change in EMS by delivering information and education from industry leaders, change makers and emerging voices.

The American Trauma Society is dedicated to the elimination of needless death and disability from injury. For over 50 years, the ATS has served as an advocate for the trauma care system, trauma prevention programs, and survivors of trauma and their families throughout the United States.

Article on trauma assesment from EMS World

EMT Training

Types of injuries from merchmanuals

All about Traumatic Injuries from University of Florida Health

Clinical Guidelines from NASEMSO

Online Review Manual for Emergency Care and Transportation of the Sick and Injured, Ninth Edition

Official government site. Fema helps people before, during and after disasters

The Hungarian National Association of Radio Distress-Signalling and Infocommunications (RSOE) operates the Emergency and Disaster Information Service (EDIS) with the objective to monitor, document, analyze and notify customers on events in the world that may cause emergency or disaster.

Red Cross volunteers and staff work to deliver vital services – from providing relief and support to those in crisis, to helping you be prepared to respond in emergencies

ASPR leads the nation’s medical and public health preparedness for, response to, and recovery from disasters and public health emergencies.

Resources to help prepare EMS agencies and practitioners to respond to disasters and mass casualty incidents

Videos

EMT skill videos and more on youtube

Youtube channel

Youtube Channel on EMT training videos

Video Channel on Training for Response, CPR, and First Aid

Resources

Simulated cases for classroom use

scenarios for EMT

Videos

Learning Resources Collection from skill commons

Textbook from wikibooks

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wikibook

Information from R2Digital library on emeregency response

EMS providers learn the skills that allow them to give state-of-the-art care at the scene. Access on campus

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