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
  
  
• University of South Alabama, Biomedical Library (for USA students only)
  http://biomedicallibrary.southalabama.edu/library/

National Sites  

• 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.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/ems/ems-agenda/EMSResearchAgenda.pdf
  
  
• 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/

EMS Research Books  

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

EMS Research Journals  

• Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
  http://www.jems.com

• 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

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