Rural Emergency Medical Services

Last updated 12/4/02

EMS - Three strongly recommended reading resources:

	Rural Rescue and Emergency Care
	Farm Accident Rescue http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes10.html
	First on the Scene http://www.nraes.org/publications/nraes12.html

Internet Resources

Journal of Rural Health - Emergency Medical Services - Subject Index 1985 through 1998. http://www.nrharural.org/search/subj/Emergency.html

Journal of Rural Health - Rural Emergency Medical Services: Patients, Destinations, Times and Services. http://www.nrharural.org/search/abs/25.html

Center for Rural Emergency Medicine - http://www.hsc.wvu.edu/som/crem/

Resource Center - The Resource Center is a one-stop, comprehensive source of reference books, training manuals, instructional packages, video tapes and other resources for literally all areas of fire, life safety and emergency management community. http://www.isfsi.org/resource_center.htm

Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future: Available through The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/agenda/apend.html

Emergency Medicine and Primary Care -- Good review of x-rays, EKG’s and Pearls. http://www.embbs.com/

Illinois Rural Health Association Emergency Medical Delphi Study - Analysis of issues affecting Rural EMS systems. http://www.siu.edu/%7Ecrhssd/crbriefs/vol1no2.htm

FARM

	Rural Farmedic Course - Farmedic is an education system to train rescue workers for proper response to rural accidents. This includes: Instructor Course; Provider Course; First on Scene; Silo Rescue and Fire Fighting Awareness; and Agricultural Chemicals. http://www.farmedic.com/
	Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service NRAES Publications List - Farm Safety http://www.nraes.org/publications/safety.html

FIRE

	911 Fire, Police, Medical Emergency Systems - Training research and documents worldwide. (Fire and Emergency site) http://www.firefighting.com/911/
	Fire Program - Oklahoma State University - The purpose of this web server is to encourage exchanging information with the public while exploring new technology. http://www.okstate.edu/ceat/fpst/
	The International Society of Fire Service Instructors - Source of books, training manuals for fire, life safety and emergency management. http://www.isfsi.org

GOVERNMENT

Federal Emergency Management Agency: Preparing for a Disaster Resource for Government Programs. http://www.fema.gov/library/dizandemer.shtm

RESOURCES

Prehospital Emergency Care - http://www.naemsp.org/publications.asp#pec

National Association of EMS Physicians http://www.naemsp.org

NAEMSP Links to other Web Pages http://www.naemsp.org/links.asp

WILDERNESS

Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute -- Excellent curriculum under development for prehospital rescue. http://www.wemsi.org/

CHILDREN

	I-EMSC http:www.meddean.luc.edu/lumen/DeptWebs/emschild/stndrd_info_hosp.htm
	Emergency Medical Services for Children http://www.ems-c.org