Emergency Medical Services Resources

EMS Educator

• Florida EMS Educators - Links to Standards
• EMR Instructor Guidelines (2009) from NHTSA
• EMT Instructor Guidelines (2009) from NHTSA
• AEMT Instructor Guidelines (2009) from NHTSA
• National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards (2009) from NHTSA
• Paramedic Instructor Guidelines (2009) from NHTSA
• Scope of Practice (2007) from NHTSA
• National Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors (2002) from NHTSA

Teaching Resources

• A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence

EMS Content Resources

• ADAM In-depth Reports
• AAP - Children's Health Topics
• AAPCC - Poisoning Prevention Topics
• ACLS for Paramedics
• American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and ECC (Emergency Cardiovascular Care)
• ATS - Blast Injury Fact Sheets
• CO The Silent Killer
• CDC - Emergency Preparedness and Response
• CDC - Injury and Violence Prevention and Control (Check the Concussion)
• EMS - government resources
• EMS Week
• EMS Village
• EMS1 Topics
• JEMS - news
• Health Central - lots of ads
• Health Line
• Learn CPR
• Medline Plus from NIH
• Medscape
• Neurotrauma - Brain Map, Spinal Cord Map
• Neurological Disorders and Stroke from NIH
• Pubmed from NIH
• Red Cross - Preparedness Topics
• Stroke Resources from NSA
• Trauma

Human Body Models

• Google Body Browser
• InnerBody - lots of ads

General Professional Resources

• EMS United
• Florida EMS Educators
• Medpedia
• NAEMSE
• NAEMT

General Instructional Development and Teaching Resources

• Focus on Effectiveness: Research-based Instructional Strategies

Teaching and Learning Articles

• Ruple, J.A., Frazer, G.H., Hsieh, A, Bake, W., Freel, J. (April/June 2005) . The state of EMS education research project: characteristics of ems educators. Prehospital Emergency Care, 9(2), 203-212.
• Ruple, J.A,, Frazer, G.H., Bake, W. (April/June 2006). Commonalities of the EMS education workfore (2004) in the United States. Prehospital Emergency Care, 10(2), 229-238.
• Stark, J.S., Lowther, M.A., and Hagerty, N.M.K. (1986). Responsive Professional Education: Balancing Outcomes and Opportunities. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Reports No. 3. Washington, D.C.: Association for the Study of Higher Education.
• Walker, Stacy E. (July-Sept 2003). Active learning strategies to promote critical thinking. Journal of Athletic Training, 38(3), 263-267.