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Emergency Medical Services Association

Providing for improvement and maintenance of quality Emergency Medical Services in and around Taylor County by supporting cooperation, communication, and training of the EMS departments and providers within this organization.

 

Information and Fun Links

Here are some links that you might enjoy, along with a description of each. If you have a website you would like to suggest for this list, contact the webmaster.

    • EMS @ Firehouse.com
      • A great place to find the resources you're looking for.
    • EMS Village
      • A community for EMS folks, full of educational topics, chats, resources.
    • EMS Responder
      • EMS news and features, forums, more.
    • JEMS - Journal of Emergency Medical Services
      • Online version of their outstanding magazine, plus more features not published in print.
    • EMT City
      • A site for EMS providers by EMS providers, includes photos and several blogs. You can join for free to participate in the chats.
    • EMS Resource
      • This is a site dedicated to humor - EMS humor (which is not generally understood or easily accepted by the general public).
    • EMT Life
      • Another site for blogs and chats, but has a page for EMS humor that is fun.
    • I Am Not an Ambulance Driver
      • Steve Berry, Paramedic, author, cartoonist, you've heard of him. This is his official site. Well worth the visit even if you don't want to purchase any of his books (though they are worth it, too).
    • The Lunaticks Site
      • Be careful - you can lose a full night's sleep if you start exploring this site. Lots of humor, resources, more.
MUST-HAVE LINKS FOR EMS PROVIDERS and SERVICES
  • EMS Providers and Students, register or manage your EMS certification with the IDPH Bureau of EMS by clicking HERE.
  • Visit the IDPH Bureau of EMS website to find information about Iowa laws, rules, and other related EMS information. Click HERE.
  • Visit the National Registry of EMT's website by clicking HERE, and look up your status, and other NR information, including testing info.
  • Visit the Iowa Emergency Medical Services Association webpage to see how IEMSA is helping promote and support EMS in Iowa, as well as find job and educational opportunities across the state, including info on their annual conference.
  • Visit the National Association of EMTs to see what this important organization is doing.
  • Southwestern Community College in Creston offers EMS training in our area. Click here to go to their site.