HIPAA:
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
What Does It Mean to Patrollers?
EMS Links in Minnesota and Wisconsin
Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
Minnesota Fire/EMS/Safety Center
Wisconsin Emergency Medical Services (Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services)
Gold Cross Medical Ground Transport
Backcountry Trail Patrol Association
Stonehearth Open Learning Opportunities (SOLO)(wilderness/rural/disaster emergency medicine, rescue, and leadership)
Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Institute
e-Skeletons: an interactive environment in which to examine and learn about skeletal anatomy.
Allergic Reaction Central: Are you at risk?
The S.T.A.R.T. Triage Story Simple
Triage And Rapid Treatment (START): Description
Flow Chart
See also "Triage and MCI Management" in the Summer 1996 issue of Ski Patrol
Magazine, p. 5.
Check your EMS knowledge in these simulated scenarios:
OSHA Regulations (Standards - 29 CFR) Bloodborne pathogens. - 1910.1030 (Note paragraph (f) - Hepatitis B Vaccination) OSHA summary and explanation of the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Links within the OSHA Web site relating to "Hepatitis B Vaccination".
Viral Hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E) Resource Center - Centers for Disease Control
Immunization Action Coalition, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, promotes physician, community, and family awareness of, and responsibility for, appropriate immunization of all children and adults against all vaccine-preventable diseases.
Questions Frequently Asked About Hepatitis B (A page within the Immunization Action Coalition Web site.)
The Spinal Cord Injury Resource Center (Basic anatomy, physiology, and the complications resulting from a spinal cord injury.)
Latex Allergy (OSHA: Introduction, Recognition, Evaluation, ...)
Aside from emergency medical care settings (hospitals, Patrol aid-rooms, etc.), day-care facilities, etc., should we use antibacterial soaps? The answer might surprise you. "Do you have what it takes to fight Germs?", Mayo Clinic Health Oasis home page.
NSP Backcountry avalanche safety principles (many additional resources listed, including Web sites, books, associations, and schools)
NSP Rocky Mountain Division Avalanche Program
Winter Safety in the Mountains Course - El Dorado Nordic Ski Patrol
NWAC Northwest Weather and Avalanche Center
CSAC Cyberspace Snow and Avalanche Center
NASAR National Association of Search and Rescue - SAR related links
MRA Mountain Rescue Association - MRA Avalanche Student Workbook
Rescue Training Resources Guide
NBC Dateline Feb. 4th, 2001 episode "Winter Survival Guide" NBC correspondent interviews winter survival instructor Cody Lundin.
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