Vermont Emergency Medical Services

District #3 WebPage 

Links

Here are a few links related to EMS planning and education, 
click on one of the following choices:

AED  & PAD (Public Access Defibrillation)

• American Heart Association statement advocating for early AED access.

• American Red Cross AED in the Workplace ... online article regarding PAD's.

• City of Calgary (Canada) EMS ... includes planning for a city-wide PAD program.

• Kent County (Michigan) AED in Industry ... one county's plan for addressing the use of PAD's in the community.

• Public Access Defibrillation League ... organization dedicated to the promotion of PAD.

• VTEMSD#3 PAD Service Information Packet ... this Adobe Acrobat PDF packet focuses on helping EMS services prepare for PAD access ... includes Vermont PAD legislature, public education suggestions, how to converse with organizations considering PAD or who have purchased a PAD, and suggestions on how to manage a call where a PAD is encountered.

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Allergic Reactions/Anaphylaxis

• Food Allergy and Anaplylaxis Network ... common food allergies, what is anaphylaxis and more information.

Anatomy

• Advanced Fertility ... images of ectopic pregnancy and normal pelvic anatomy.

• Atlas of the Brain ... using Quicktime video, this site provides many 3-dimensional images of the brain both real and animated.
• Biology in Motion ... includes animated lessons on the Cardiovasular System and how the Receptor and Signal ("lock and key" agonist and antagonist) concept works.
• Electronic Heart ... learn about the heart including a virtual heart transplant.  Maintained by PBS (requires Shockwave).

• Franklin Institute Online, Tour of the Heart

• Human Body Online ... visual tutor of the human body (K - 12).

• Interactive Atlases - Digital Anatomist Project ... 2D and 3D images including video clips of the head and chest.  Also includes neuroanatomy and muscular-skeletal units.

• Lung Anatomy ... from Virtual Hospital, information and images of the lungs.

• Match the Human Bones ... matching game quiz.

• Open Heart Surgery ... Quicktime videos show an actual open heart surgery as well as pre and post surgery backgrounds on the patient.

• Quia - Medicine Quiz section, includes anatomy, terminology (word parts and abbreviations), medical treatment (physician based), and pharmacology.

• Virtual Human Body ... learn about the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive tract.

• Visible Human Project maintained by the National Library of Medicine and the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (NPAC) at Syracuse University.  A catalog of two-dimensional images including a digital image data set of a complete human male and female cadaver, with digitized anatomical photographs, as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computer topography (CT) data.

• Visible Human Viewer ... view 2-dimensional slices of the human body from the Visible Human Project and the US National Library of Medicine.

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Assessment

• New York City Emergency Room - Interactive Patients, Emergency Room Patient Simulators ... practice your assessment (basic and advanced) with this online simulator.

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Community Education & Prevention

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ... online articles, resources, and data for parents and healthcare professionals related to child heath topics (from car seats to asthma to obesity).

• Inhalants.Org ... hosted by the National Inhalants Prevention Coalition, this site provides knowledge and understanding of the risks associated with inhalants by children.  Included is information on common chemicals at home that can be used as inhalants.

• Unintentional Injuries in Childhood ... and Executive Summary of the Future of Children by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation.  Research, data, article abstracts, and recommendations regarding the reduction of unintentional injuries with children.

• What's Asthma All About for Kids ... an online video provided by the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology (requires Flash plug-in).

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CPR

• American Heart Association ... home page.

• AHA Fall 2000 Currents Newsletter outlining changes with CPR, Adobe Acrobat  

• American Red Cross ... home page.

• National Safety Council ... home page.

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EMT-Basic

• AAOS EMT-B ... resources related to EMT education including text books for initial and refresher education for EMT-Basics.  Also included is a Chapter Pretest section where you can choose a topic and take the "pretest".

• Emergency Care, 10th Edition (Brady) ... online supplemental resource for the EMT-Basic text book, including online quizzes.

• EMS Books ... an online source that includes EMS education text books..

• FetchBook.Info ... includes a search for all major EMT-Basic preparation text books.

• Learn-A-Test ... offers practice exams (to purchase) for the EMT-B National Registry Exam.

• Quick Quizes ... created by Valerie Defrance.

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Download site for 1994 Curriculum (initial and refresher training).

• PowerPoint Presentations ... download a variety of presentations for both basic and advanced EMS instruction.  Maintained by EMS Professions.

• Prehospital Emergency Care, Sixth Edition ... EMT-B textbook on-line exam.  Includes all modules with multiple choice, true/false, and web links.  Authors: Joseph J. Mistovich, Brent Q. Hafen, Keith J. Karren

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EMT-Intermediate and Paramedic

• 3M Heartsounds

• Hudson Valley Community College ... distance learning education for EMT-Paramedics offered from this New York based community college.

• Quick Quizes ... created by Valerie Defrance for Paramedics.

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMT-Paramedic and EMT-Intermediate CE National Guidelines.  Click HERE to visit the Download site for the 1999 EMT- I and P Curriculum.

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) State Implementation Guide Revised 1999 EMT-Intermediate and EMT-Paramedic National Standard Curricula

• PowerPoint Presentations ... download a variety of presentations for both basic and advanced EMS instruction.  Maintained by EMS Professions.

• R.A.L.E Repository of breath sounds (crackles, wheezes,stridor, and more).  Uses RealAudio and WAV files.

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EMS Planning

• American with Disabilities Act Document Center

• National Association of EMS Educators

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) EMS Agenda for the Future

• Vermont Department of Public Safety's Homeland Security Unit ... includes information on the anti-terrorism task force, Vermont's 3 year strategy, frequently asked questions and key contact numbers.  The First Responder Guideline section includes information on mail handling protocols, anthrax response, and submissions of suspicious material to the Health Lab.

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First Responder (ECA)

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) Download site for 1995 and 1996 Curriculum.

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General References

• Acronym and Abbreviation Finder ... need to find out what an acronym or abbreviation means?  This site allows for a search of both.

• emedicine: EMERGENCY MEDICINE An on-line medical reference.

• Employment/Careers Overview of EMS ... provided by EMS Village, this introduces the expectations of an EMS provider (nature of the work, typical conditions, employment, qualifications, earnings and related occupations).

• EMS House of Defrance ... EMS news and resources for learning.

• EMS Village ... online articles and resources for EMS providers.

• Free Dictionary - Medical ... based on Steadman's Medical Dictionary, this online resource contains over 45,000 entries specific to medicine and healthcare.

• Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine ... search the archives for journal abstracts and articles.

• MedicAlert ... organization contact information including samples of common inscriptions.

• US National Library of Medicine ... the world's largest medical library maintained by the National Institute of Health.

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Instruction (sites to help instructors plan) 

Activities

• PowerPoint Games ... templates for MS PowerPoint including Jeopardy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, Hollywood Squares, and the Weakest Link.  The templates are downloadable files and have been created by Mark E. Damon, Hillsborough Township School District, Hillsborough, New Jersey.

• PowerPoint Presentations ... download a variety of presentations for both basic and advanced EMS instruction.  Maintained by EMS Professions.

Assessment

• Assessment Methods ... a list of ways to assess learners with brief descriptions from ITEA as part of their Teacher Tools web page.
  Assessment Strategies ... a directory of assessment strategies with definitions provided by the RMC Research Corperation.

• Collecting Student Feedback ... strategies on collecting feedback from students, from Indiana University, Bloomington, Illinois.

Images

• Brain Research ... free images and illustrations of the brain.

• Free EMS Graphics ... for presentations or web sites - maintained by Valerie Defrance.

• Medical Images ... maintained by Library of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden.

• Torry Lab ... free x-ray, CT and real images of trauma patients.  Compiled for EMS House of Defrance by Larry Torrey, RN, EMT-P.

• Trauma.Org Image Bank ... images of many different types of trauma including some pre-hospital mechanism of injury specific to MV Crashes.

• X-Rays ... this site is in French, however, the images are deep and usually the topics are easily understood.  Maintained by the University of Renne, Medical School, France.

Organizations

• EMS Educational Resources ... PowerPoint presentations submitted by instructors from around the U.S. free to use (with restrictions) - maintained by Valerie Defrance.

• National Association of EMS Educators ... an organization dedicated to the improvement of EMS education.

• National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration (NHTSA) ... download site for EMS  curricula (initial, refresher, and instructor training).

Text Books

• AAOS EMT-B ... resources related to EMT education including text books for initial and refresher education for EMT-Basics.  Also included is a Chapter Pretest section where you can choose a topic and take the "pretest".

• Emergency Care, 10th Edition (Brady) ... online supplemental resource for the EMT-Basic text book, including online quizzes.

• EMS Books ... an online source that includes EMS education text books..

• FetchBook.Info ... includes a search for all major EMT-Basic preparation text books.

• Prehospital Emergency Care, Sixth Edition ... EMT-B textbook on-line exam.  Includes all modules with multiple choice, true/false, and web links.  Authors: Joseph J. Mistovich, Brent Q. Hafen, Keith J. Karren

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Outdoor Emergency Care

• National Ski Patrol Outdoor Emergency Care

• Wilderness EMS Society

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Pediatrics

• American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) ... online articles, resources, and data for parents and healthcare professionals related to child heath topics (from car seats to asthma to obesity).

• Virtual Children's Hospital ... sponsored by the Children's Hospital of Iowa.

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Pharmacology

• Internet Drug Index

• Quia - Medicine Quiz section, includes anatomy, terminology (word parts and
  abbreviations), medical treatment (physician based), and pharmacology.

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Rhythm Interpretation

• Alan E. Lindsay ECG Learning Center in Cyberspace

• Dean Jenkins and Stephen Gerred 12 lead EKG image library

• Electrocardiogram Primer ... visit the BioInteractive site and scroll down to the Electrocardiogram Primer (requires Flash plug-in).

• Internet Medical Education, Inc.

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Safety

• Bloodborne Pathogens Computer Based Training - download a free CBT for blood borne pathogens.  Maintained by the Carlsbad Field Office of the U.S. Department of Energy.  You must register first by scrolling down to "Free Stuff Selection".

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Stress Management

• Mind Tools ... stress management including identifying stress and ways to address stress.

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VT EMS Agencies

• Vermont EMS Office ... list of links related to EMS.

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Last updated: June 29, 2007