ResourcesExternal ResourcesNASEMSO provides links to association sponsors and external websites with content that may be of interest to state EMS officials. NASEMSO takes no responsibility for the views, content, or accuracy of the information. Inclusion in this listing does not in any way constitute an endorsement of an external site or its content by NASEMSO. Associations and Nonprofits U.S. Associations and NonprofitsAir & Surface Transport Nurses AssociationsAmerican Academy of Emergency Medicine http://www.aaem.org/American Academy of Pediatrics http://aap.org/American Ambulance Association http://www.the-aaa.org/American Burn Association http://www.ameriburn.org/American College of Cardiology http://www.acc.org/American College of Emergency Physicians http://www.acep.orgAmerican College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians http://www.acoep.org/American College of Surgeons http://www.facs.org/American Health Care Association http://www.ahca.org/American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/American Public Health Association http://www.apha.org/American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/American Stroke Association http://www.strokeassociation.org/American Trauma SocietyAssociation of Air Medical Physicians http://www.ampa.org/Association of Air Medical Services http://www.aams.org/Association of State and Territorial Health Officials http://www.astho.org/ASTM International Committee F30 on Emergency Medical Services http://www.astm.org/COMMIT/COMMITTEE/F30.htmComCARE ACN Data Work Group – This workgroup is no longer active. The project and the dataset was finalized and is considered part of the Vehicular Emergency Data Set (VEDS).COMCARE Emergency Response Alliance http://www.comcare.org/Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services http://www.caas.org/Committee on Accreditation of Education Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP) http://www.coaemsp.org/Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems http://www.camts.org/Continuing Education Coordinating Board for EMS http://www.cecbems.org/Emergency Nurses Association http://www.ena.org/Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Informationhttp://www.jointcommission.org/National Association for Search and Rescue http://www.nasar.org/nasar/National Association of Counties http://www.naco.org/National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) http://www.naemse.org/National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) http://www.naemsp.org/National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) http://www.naemt.org/National Board of Medical Examiners http://www.nbme.org/National Collegiate EMS Foundation http://www.ncemsf.org/National Emergency Management Association http://www.nemaweb.org/National Emergency Number AssociationNational EMS Information System http://www.nemsis.org/National EMS Museum http://www.emsmuseum.org/National EMS Pilots Association http://www.nemspa.org/National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) http://www.nfpa.orgNational Patient Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) http://www.npstc.orgNational Registry of EMTs (NREMT) http://www.nremt.org/National Rural Health Association http://www.ruralhealthweb.orgNational Safety Council http://www.nsc.org/National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/National Trauma Bank http://www.facs.org/trauma/ntdb.htmlPublic Health Online http://www.publichealthonline.org/careers/Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) http://www.rsna.org/Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) http://www.saem.org/Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants (SEMPA) http://www.sempa.org/Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association http://www.suddencardiacarrest.org/Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation http://www.sca-aware.orgTransportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) http://www.tsag-its.orgWilderness Medical Society http://www.wms.org/International AssociationsInternational Association of Chiefs of Police http://www.theiacp.org/International Association of Emergency Managers http://www.iaem.com/International Association of Fire Chiefs http://www.iafc.org/International Association of Fire Fighters http://www.iaff.org/International Rescue and Emergency Care Association http://www.ireca.org Federal Agencies and Programs Federally Sponsored EMS ProgramsEmergency Medical Services for Children Innovation and Improvement Center https://emscimprovement.center/Federal AgenciesAgency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/Consumer Product Safety Commission http://www.cpsc.gov/Department of Health & Human Services http://www.hhs.gov/DHHS Healthcare Emergency Preparedness Information GatewayDepartment of Homeland Security (DHS) http://www.dhs.gov/Department of Justice (DOJ) http://www.usdoj.gov/Department of Labor http://www.dol.gov/Department of Transportation http://www.dot.gov/Federal Communications Commission’s Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) https://www.fcc.gov/public-safety-and-homeland-securityFederal Emergency Management Agency http://www.fema.gov/NIMS Guideline for the Credentialing of PersonnelFire Administration (USFA) http://www.usfa.dhs.gov/Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) http://www.hrsa.gov/HRSA Federal Office of Rural Health Policy https://www.hrsa.gov/ruralhealth/ National Center for Health Statistics https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/NHTSA Office of EMS http://www.EMS.govNational Institutes of Health (NIH) http://www.nih.gov/National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/Office of Inspector General http://www.oig.hhs.gov/Office of Rare Diseases – National Institutes of Health (NIH) http://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/ Information PortalsUS Government Portal US Government Grants (Grants.gov) (Sign up to receive e-mail when new grants are posted) U.S. CongressU.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate Electronic Code of Federal Regulations Congressional Bills Congressional Record Federal Register Publications Magazines and Journals9-1-1 Magazine http://www.9-1-1magazine.com/Annals of Emergency Medicine http://www.annemergmed.com/Health News Digest http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/Journal of Emergency Medical Services http://www.jems.com/New England Journal of Medicine Emergency Medicine Watch https://www.jwatch.org/emergency-medicinePrehospital Emergency Care http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ipec20/currentThe Washington Update (The Washington Update is published twice a month via e-mail for NASEMSO members and partners.)Wildland Firefighter Magazine http://www.firerescue1.com/wildland-firefighter/ Educational PublicationsSaving Lives in Schools and Sports is an educational supplement published by the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association (SCAA), in conjunction with NASEMSO and NAEMT (National Association of EMTs). The supplement provides examples of the successes achievable with proper preparation and deployment of AEDs, but also the unfortunate tragedies in their absence. Easy-to-understand descriptions of how an AED works and the fundamental principals of an effective public access defibrillation (PAD) program are also addressed. Establishing Emergency Action Plans (EAPs) in schools (and school athletic programs) that include response planning, training in CPR, and deployment of AEDs and providing CPR and AED training to all students will greatly reduce the risk that we and our children will face from sudden cardiac arrest. (May 14, 2010)ArticlesTourniquet Slack: Pulling Tight is more Important than the Windlass (Next Generation Combat Medic, Apr. 9, 2017).Economic Value of Out-of-Hospital Emergency Care: A Structured Literature Review, by E. Brooke Lerner, PhD, Ronald F. Maio, DO, MS, Herbert G. Garrison, MD, MPH, Daniel W. Spaite, MD, and Graham Nichol, MD, Annals of Emergency Medicine, June 2006. Quality Improvement General Quality Improvement SitesBaldrige National Quality Program (NIST) https://www.nist.gov/baldrigeAmerican Society for Quality https://asq.org/Wikipedia: Quality Management http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_management Healthcare Quality Improvement SitesPatient Safety – Quality Improvement (Duke University) http://patientsafetyed.duhs.duke.edu/module_a/module_overview.htmlThe American Health Quality Association http://www.ahqa.org/CMS Quality Improvement Organizations (QIO) ProgramInstitute for Healthcare Improvement http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Results/WhitePapers/PlanningforScaleWhitePaper.htm Federal and National SitesNHTSA: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/leaderguide/Institute of Medicine (National Academy of Sciences):EMS At the Crossroads Emergency Care for Children: Growing PainsThe Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System State Offices that include strategic plans and or quality improvement tools on their sites:California:San Juaquin County: http://www.co.san-joaquin.ca.us/ems/qualityImprovement.htmFlorida:https://www.floridasterling.com/ Additional Resources Centers for Disease Control and PreventionBlast Injuries: Essential FactsSurge Capacity for Terrorist BombingsInterim Planning Guidance for Preparedness and Response to a Mass Casualty Event Resulting from Terrorist Use of Explosives Children’s Hospital of PhiladelphiaCenter for Pediatric Traumatic Stress (CPTS)The Health Care ToolboxDeadliest American Disasters and Large-Loss-of-Life Events WebsiteResource established by B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D. in 2017, with the objective of the site to be the most complete and authoritative source in one place on the deadliest American/U.S. disasters and other large-loss-of-life events (10 or more lives lost). New material is added, and existing material updated regularly.Defense & Veterans Brain Injury CenterThe ECG Learning Center in Cyberspace http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/Emergency Medical Services Cost Analysis ProjectEMSCAP Workbook (Excel)EMSCAP Workbook Guide (PDF)EMedicine From Medscape http://www.emedicine.com/EVENT ReportsThe Second Quarter 2017 Patient Safety and Provider Violence reports have been posted on the website. To access the reports, go to the website and click on the report type, then follow the links on the left side, or simply use these links:2Q17 Patient Safety Summary Report2Q17 Practitioner Violence Summary ReportFederation of Associations of Regulatory Boards (FARB)Fire Science Online Online Paramedic & EMT ProgramsGateway to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Information http://www.ptsdinfo.org/The George Washington University – online health services degree programsHealthFinder (guide to health info from U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services) http://www.healthfinder.gov/Healthy People 2020 https://www.healthypeople.gov/Johns Hopkins Antibiotic Guide http://www.hopkins-abxguide.org/MedLine (U.S. National Library of Medicine (NIH) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/MDLinx (daily medical news) http://www.mdlinx.comNational Conference of State Legislatures Video: “The Right Patient, the Right Place, the Right Time: A Look at Trauma and Emergency Medical Services Policy in the States”National EMS Memorial Bike Ride http://www.muddyangels.comNational Emergency Management Association http://www.nemaweb.orgNorth Central Emergency Care Council (Washington State) http://ncecc.net/ EMS videos http://www.youtube.com/emsstoriesParamedic Training Spot http://www.paramedictrainingspot.com Resources to learn about paramedic training and careers.Radiation AwarenessEPA site on unwanted radioactive material at scrap or recycling facilities.NRS poster on visually identifying possible radioactive sources.CDC links to information on radiation emergencies and how to protect yourself (for the public and for responders).U.S. Department of Labor Volunteering in the United States (US Dept of Labor – 2008)
