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Current Events
Without Full Lights and Sirens
The Tri-State Ambulance Director says Emergency Medical Dispatch helps paramedics determine if they can respond to a call without full lights and sirens. Click Here Best Care in the World
Collier County residents who call 9-1-1 for medical assistance receive some of the best care in the world, according to the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch. The Salt Lake City organization has awarded the Collier County Sheriff's Office with re-accreditation as an Emergency Medical Dispatch Accredited Center of Excellence. Naples Daily News Click Here Trimming Response Time
Deputy Public Safety Commissioner Frank Dudla hopes to get all the dispatch employees up to Emergency Medical Dispatch level by the end of the year to help trim response times. Saratogian.com Click Here Journal Dotted Desks
In a room crowded with computer screens and where the desks are dotted with copies of "The Journal of Emergency Dispatch," yellow text on the small black screen of a large, boxy phone system showed Cohan which cell tower the call was coming from. Click Here
The Tri-State Ambulance Director says Emergency Medical Dispatch helps paramedics determine if they can respond to a call without full lights and sirens. Click Here Best Care in the World
Collier County residents who call 9-1-1 for medical assistance receive some of the best care in the world, according to the National Academies of Emergency Dispatch. The Salt Lake City organization has awarded the Collier County Sheriff's Office with re-accreditation as an Emergency Medical Dispatch Accredited Center of Excellence. Naples Daily News Click Here Trimming Response Time
Deputy Public Safety Commissioner Frank Dudla hopes to get all the dispatch employees up to Emergency Medical Dispatch level by the end of the year to help trim response times. Saratogian.com Click Here Journal Dotted Desks
In a room crowded with computer screens and where the desks are dotted with copies of "The Journal of Emergency Dispatch," yellow text on the small black screen of a large, boxy phone system showed Cohan which cell tower the call was coming from. Click Here
General Information
mediLexicon
A dictionary of over 200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and health care acronyms and abbreviations. Plus medical news and searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or health care professional. Click Here National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus
Site provides multiple links relating to emergency services, including research, news, laws, financial issues, and statistics. Click Here
A dictionary of over 200,000 medical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and health care acronyms and abbreviations. Plus medical news and searches for the medical, pharmaceutical or health care professional. Click Here National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus
Site provides multiple links relating to emergency services, including research, news, laws, financial issues, and statistics. Click Here
Medical
National Heart Attack Alert Program
The goals of the NHAAP include early recognition and response to individuals with symptoms and signs of acute coronary syndromes. Click Here
The goals of the NHAAP include early recognition and response to individuals with symptoms and signs of acute coronary syndromes. Click Here
Agency
American College of Emergency Physicians
The ACEP promotes the highest quality of emergency care and is a leading advocate for emergency physicians, their patients, and the public. Click Here American Safety & Health Institute
The ASHI is an association of safety and health educators. It covers a range of organizations including emergency medical services, fire/ rescue, and law enforcement agencies. Click Here Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International, Inc.
APCO is a member driven association of communications professionals. Click Here Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Federal agency administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). CMS is among the members of the Technical Advisory Group providing oversight of regulations and implementation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The agency also oversees the creation and maintenance of fee schedules, including the ambulance and physician fee schedules. Click Here Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
CALEA® was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the joint efforts of law enforcement's major executive associations. Click Here Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
The Commission accredits ambulance providers in a process that includes a self-assessment and an outside review of the EMS organization. Click Here International Association of Chiefs of Police
The nonprofit IACP is a membership organization of operating police chief executives of international, federal, state, and local agencies. Click Here International Municipal Signal Association
IMSA offers educational and certification programs in traffic signals, signs and markings, work zone traffic control, municipal and interior fire alarm systems, public safety dispatch and flagging. Click Here National and International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
The Academies are non-profit standard-setting organizations promoting safe and effective emergency dispatch services worldwide. Comprised of three allied Academies for medical, fire and police dispatching, the NAED and IAED support first-responder related research, unified protocol application, legislation for emergency call center regulation, and strengthening the emergency dispatch community through education, certification, and accreditation. Click Here National Association of EMS Educators
The National Association of EMS Educators holds an annual symposium in conjunction with the Commission on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professional, as well as other emergency service programs. Click Here National Association of EMS Physicians
The NAEMSP™ represents the out-of-hospital emergency medical care community. Click Here National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
NENA fosters the technological advancement, availability, and implementation of a universal emergency telephone number system (9-1-1) through research, planning, training and education. Click Here National Health Services
The NHS is the United Kingdom's publicly funded health care system, and it provides services ranging from general practitioners to Accident and Emergency Departments, long-term health care and dentistry. Click Here - England | Click Here - Scotland | Click Here - Wales
The ACEP promotes the highest quality of emergency care and is a leading advocate for emergency physicians, their patients, and the public. Click Here American Safety & Health Institute
The ASHI is an association of safety and health educators. It covers a range of organizations including emergency medical services, fire/ rescue, and law enforcement agencies. Click Here Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials - International, Inc.
APCO is a member driven association of communications professionals. Click Here Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Federal agency administers Medicare, Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). CMS is among the members of the Technical Advisory Group providing oversight of regulations and implementation of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA). The agency also oversees the creation and maintenance of fee schedules, including the ambulance and physician fee schedules. Click Here Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
CALEA® was created in 1979 as a credentialing authority through the joint efforts of law enforcement's major executive associations. Click Here Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc.
The Commission accredits ambulance providers in a process that includes a self-assessment and an outside review of the EMS organization. Click Here International Association of Chiefs of Police
The nonprofit IACP is a membership organization of operating police chief executives of international, federal, state, and local agencies. Click Here International Municipal Signal Association
IMSA offers educational and certification programs in traffic signals, signs and markings, work zone traffic control, municipal and interior fire alarm systems, public safety dispatch and flagging. Click Here National and International Academies of Emergency Dispatch
The Academies are non-profit standard-setting organizations promoting safe and effective emergency dispatch services worldwide. Comprised of three allied Academies for medical, fire and police dispatching, the NAED and IAED support first-responder related research, unified protocol application, legislation for emergency call center regulation, and strengthening the emergency dispatch community through education, certification, and accreditation. Click Here National Association of EMS Educators
The National Association of EMS Educators holds an annual symposium in conjunction with the Commission on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professional, as well as other emergency service programs. Click Here National Association of EMS Physicians
The NAEMSP™ represents the out-of-hospital emergency medical care community. Click Here National Emergency Number Association (NENA)
NENA fosters the technological advancement, availability, and implementation of a universal emergency telephone number system (9-1-1) through research, planning, training and education. Click Here National Health Services
The NHS is the United Kingdom's publicly funded health care system, and it provides services ranging from general practitioners to Accident and Emergency Departments, long-term health care and dentistry. Click Here - England | Click Here - Scotland | Click Here - Wales
Web-based News
9-1-1 MAGAZINE
Magazine provides information about the public safety communications and response community. Click Here National Association of EMS Physicians
Online and print magazine provides news and information about public safety dispatching. Click Here Emergency Number Professional
Magazine is the official publication of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); web site provides archives, media kit, and buyers' guide. Click Here EMSResponder.com NEWS
Site provides headline emergency response news from around the country. Click Here Fire Chief
Articles by fire officers from across the country and overseas cover a wide variety of areas that are important to today's fire chief. Click Here Fire Rescue
Site provides news and information about products, careers, and topics relevant to fire rescue operations. Click Here Jems Magazine
Site provides news and columns. Click Here Law and Order
Magazine is written for an audience of management-level police administrators; site includes feature stories from current magazine and an archive of articles. Click Here MERGInet
MERGINET is a virtual reading room of EMS information on EMS products, clinical medicine, and management strategies. Click Here
Magazine provides information about the public safety communications and response community. Click Here National Association of EMS Physicians
Online and print magazine provides news and information about public safety dispatching. Click Here Emergency Number Professional
Magazine is the official publication of the National Emergency Number Association (NENA); web site provides archives, media kit, and buyers' guide. Click Here EMSResponder.com NEWS
Site provides headline emergency response news from around the country. Click Here Fire Chief
Articles by fire officers from across the country and overseas cover a wide variety of areas that are important to today's fire chief. Click Here Fire Rescue
Site provides news and information about products, careers, and topics relevant to fire rescue operations. Click Here Jems Magazine
Site provides news and columns. Click Here Law and Order
Magazine is written for an audience of management-level police administrators; site includes feature stories from current magazine and an archive of articles. Click Here MERGInet
MERGINET is a virtual reading room of EMS information on EMS products, clinical medicine, and management strategies. Click Here
Programs
Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
Congress established the Baldrige Award in 1987 to enhance the competitiveness and performance of businesses and expanded in 1998 to include education and health care. Click Here National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - REACT Project
The Rural Enhancement of Access and Care for Trauma (REACT) project was set up to reduce episodes of inappropriate emergency medical care and decrease the rate of preventable deaths from injury in rural eastern North Carolina. Click Here
Congress established the Baldrige Award in 1987 to enhance the competitiveness and performance of businesses and expanded in 1998 to include education and health care. Click Here National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - REACT Project
The Rural Enhancement of Access and Care for Trauma (REACT) project was set up to reduce episodes of inappropriate emergency medical care and decrease the rate of preventable deaths from injury in rural eastern North Carolina. Click Here
Other Resources
9-1-1 Fire, Police, Medical
Site gives contact information for emergency services agencies, including fire departments, police departments, emergency medical services, search & rescue, civil air patrol, disaster management & Recovery, Red Cross, D.A.R.E., and Homeland. The links are broken down by country, then by states, provinces, and territories. Click Here Emergency Grapevine
The moderated messaging center was created by and for volunteer and career (active and retired) emergency response and recovery professionals. Click Here EMSresource.net
Site offers career development for EMS providers and a learning resource that serves as an extension of the classroom for EMT students and instructors. Click Here Medic First Aid
Company provides emergency care products and training for business, industry, and the general public. Click Here National Guidelines for First Aid Training in Occupational Settings (NGFATOS)
Course development guidelines provide the elements of what can be considered safe, helpful and effective first aid training in occupational settings. Click Here Priority Dispatch Corp.
PDC provides products and training for emergency calltaking centers, using a comprehensive systems approach to development. Click Here
Site gives contact information for emergency services agencies, including fire departments, police departments, emergency medical services, search & rescue, civil air patrol, disaster management & Recovery, Red Cross, D.A.R.E., and Homeland. The links are broken down by country, then by states, provinces, and territories. Click Here Emergency Grapevine
The moderated messaging center was created by and for volunteer and career (active and retired) emergency response and recovery professionals. Click Here EMSresource.net
Site offers career development for EMS providers and a learning resource that serves as an extension of the classroom for EMT students and instructors. Click Here Medic First Aid
Company provides emergency care products and training for business, industry, and the general public. Click Here National Guidelines for First Aid Training in Occupational Settings (NGFATOS)
Course development guidelines provide the elements of what can be considered safe, helpful and effective first aid training in occupational settings. Click Here Priority Dispatch Corp.
PDC provides products and training for emergency calltaking centers, using a comprehensive systems approach to development. Click Here
Quality Assurance
ASTM International
ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, is a voluntary technical standards development organization for materials, products, systems, and services. Center for Quality of Management
CQM offers educational programs, advising services, research initiatives, and networking activities that address the three areas critical to long-term business success: planning, operations, and change. Click Here International Organization for Standardization
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, formed on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. Click Here National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration that advances measurement science, standards, and technology to enhance economic security and improve quality of life. Click Here
ASTM International, originally known as the American Society for Testing and Materials, is a voluntary technical standards development organization for materials, products, systems, and services. Center for Quality of Management
CQM offers educational programs, advising services, research initiatives, and networking activities that address the three areas critical to long-term business success: planning, operations, and change. Click Here International Organization for Standardization
ISO is a network of the national standards institutes of 157 countries, formed on the basis of one member per country, with a Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland, that coordinates the system. Click Here National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST is a non-regulatory federal agency within the U.S. Commerce Department's Technology Administration that advances measurement science, standards, and technology to enhance economic security and improve quality of life. Click Here
