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Emergency Medical Services: EMS Web Resources

EMS Web Resources

A website produced by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, the Tactical Programs Division, the Office of Emergency Management, and the National Library of Medicine's Division of Specialized Information Services to provide first responders and other healthcare providers tools for planning, responding to, recovering from, and mitigating the effects of mass-casualty incidents involving chemicals. 

Stands for Dermal Exposure Risk Management and Logic is a toolkit created by the CDC, NIOSH, and ORISE through interagency agreement with the U.S. DOE. This toolkit provides emergency preparedness responders, incident commanders, and other emergency management professionals with a reference and information library related to dermal exposure of chemicals. 

Sponsored by EMS World magazine, this website features articles and other resources related to the EMS field. The CSU Library has full-text access to EMS World magazine in the library databases.

EMS1.com is a resource for the EMS community, offering paramedics, EMTs, EMS students, paramedic chiefs, and EMS administrators with information and resources to provide better patient care and service to their communities.

A peer reviewed journal launched by the National EMS Management Association. This international forum exhibits scholarly contributions and state-of-the-art research on relevant patient care and the growth and advancement of paramedicine.

The Mayo Clinic's site features resources on a variety of diseases and conditions that describe symptoms and treatment options.

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. They conduct public opinion polling, demographic research, content analysis and other data-driven social science research.

ResponderHelp.com contains over 2500 resources including the following:

  • National Fire Academy Executive Fire Officer 4.0 papers
  • USFA materials
  • National Fallen Firefighters Life Safety Initiatives and their resources
  • VFIS peer-reviewed SOGs, training programs, articles, posters, and infographics
  • NIOSH LODD/LODI investigations dating back to 2007
  • IFSTA training resources
  • Volunteer and Combination Officers Section reports
  • Research in fire and EMS subject areas

SCIRP is among the largest publishers of Open Access journals. Currently, it publishes over 200 peer-reviewed open access journals online, covering a diverse range of academic disciplines. 

An innovative, online triage tool and app that guides users faced with a poison emergency through a series of simple questions to determine the toxicity.