Emergency Medicine (under contstruction)
This is a guide to locating teaching & learning resources for emergency medical professionals or students. 
For additional assistance, contact the CUMC HSL Reference Dept. at 280-5138 or refdesk@creighton.edu.

Contents

• Professional Organizations & Related Web Sites
• Databases
• Government Web Sites
• Journals
• Reference Works
• Related Web Sites
• Additional Tools

Professional Organizations and Related Web Sites

National Organization of EMTS

• http://www.naemt.org/

National Association of EMTS Educators

• http://www.naemse.org/
   

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

• http://http://www.caahep.org/

Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professional

• http://www.coaemsp.org/

Databases

CINAHL

• Indexes journals and other material for Nursing and Health Related Professions that includes EMT.
• Database contain practice, research, and professional information.
• Coverage runs from 1982-present
• http://newadonis.creighton.edu/HSL/Databases.html

MEDLINE

• Indexes 4500 biomedical journals
• Database includes more research orientated journal
• Most of the core medical journals are indexed.
• Coverage runs from 1950-present
• http://newadonis.creighton.edu/HSL/Databases.html
• PubMed searching interface is at http://pubmed.gov

SearchERIC.org    

• Index used to locate documents related to emergency medicine training and continuing education. 
• Site provides links to available full-text. 
• http://SearchERIC.org    

Government Web Sites

Journals  (Check the HSL's "E-Journal" page and the "Library Catalog, CLIC" for journal holdings for information.)

American journal of emergency medicine

Annals of emergency medicine

BMC Emergency Medicine

Canadian journal of emergency medical care

Canadian journal of emergency medicine

Emergency Nurse

Journal of emergency medicine

Journal of Emergency Nursing

Pediatric Emergency Care

Reference Works

Related Web Sites

Anatomy & Images

The Whole Brain Atlas

• Website that focuses on anatomy of the brain
• http://www.med.harvard.edu/AANLIB/

Acland's Video Atlas of Human Anatomy  

• Streaming videos with dissections of real, unembalmed human bodies.
• http://newadonis.creighton.edu/HSL/lrc/streams.html

ECG Image Index    

• ECG Learning Center webpage with links to hundreds of ECG rhythm strips with diagrams.
• http://medstat.med.utah.edu/kw/ecg/image_index/index.html

Eye Movement Simulator    

• Eye simulator that works inconjunction with your mouse to demonstrate muscle settings and cranial nerve settings.
• http://cim.ucdavis.edu/EyeRelease/Interface/eSim.htm

Additional Tools
 

PULSE/Emergency Medical Update 

• Videotapes available for check-out in the HSL/LRC collection that are designed to provide continuing education units for annual re-certification for Paramedics and emergency medical Technicians.
   

ABG Acid-Based Calculator

REEME   

• A Spanish-language on-line teaching tool for emergency medicine professionals.
   

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