Emergency Medical Services Education


Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Research Program

The Department’s EMS Research Program is dedicated to investigation of the emergency medical services environment by the application of epidemiological methods with the goals of acquiring new knowledge, reviewing and/or revising existing knowledge and ultimately promoting improved efficacy and efficiency of prehospital patient care techniques. Investigation is accomplished by gathering measurable evidence, data collection, observation and experimentation. The EMS Research Program will periodically update this page with links to popular research web sites and other research related items that are of particular interest to EMS researchers and students. Please check back from time to time for more information or contact the department’s Program Coordinator at the below address.



Sources for On-line Searches
PubMed http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com/ University of South Alabama, Library Resources (for USA students only) http://www.southalabama.edu/library.html



National Sites
EMS Workforce for the 21st Century Research Project http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/emsworkforce/ NREMT LEADS Project http://www.nremt.org/about/lead_survey.asp National Emergency Medical Services Information System (NEMSIS) Technical Information Center http://www.nemsis.org/ National Institute of EMS (NIEMS) National EMS Research Consortium http://www.niems.org/niems/research.htm National EMS Research Agenda for the Future http://www.researchagenda.org/ NAEMT Research Page http://www.naemt.org/PHTLS/injuryPreventionAndResearch/phtlsresearch.htm Leadership Guide to Quality Improvement in EMS Department of Transportation – National Highway Traffic Safety – EMS Division http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/leaderguide/index.html



Federal Agencies Involved in Research
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality http://www.ahrq.gov/ EMS for Children’s Research (HRSA web site) http://bolivia.hrsa.gov/emsc/Research.aspx Institute of Medicine (IOM) The Future of Emergency Care in the United States http://www.iom.edu/CMS/3809/16107.aspx Government Accounting Office http://www.gao.gov/ US Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General http://www.oig.hhs.gov/



University-based EMS Research Programs
University of Maryland - National Study Center for Trauma and EMS http://medschool.umaryland.edu/NSCforTrauma/ UCLA Center for Prehospital Care – Prehospital Research Forum http://www.cpc.mednet.ucla.edu/UCLA-CPC/ResearchForum/NewSite/index.shtml



EMS Research Books
Introduction to EMS Research http://vig.pearsoned.com/store/product/1,1207,store-622_isbn-013018683X,00.html



EMS Research Journals
Prehospital Emergency Care http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10903127.asp Annals of Emergency Medicine http://www.annemergmed.com/ Academic Emergency Medicine http://www.aemj.org/



Contact Information
University of South Alabama Department of EMS Education EMS Research Program Attn: Mr. Gary Varner, MPH., NREMT-P, Coordinator and Epidemiologist 2002 Old Bay Front Drive Mobile, AL 36615 (251) 431-6418 gvarner@usouthal.edu