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Internet Subject Guides
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Site List
The following sites are helpful starting points for exploring Internet resources
of interest to EMT and Paramedic students.
- Southwestern College Paramedic
Program
- BMC: Emergency
Medicine publishes original research articles in all aspects of emergency medicine, trauma, and pre-hospital care.
- California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES) the OES "is responsible for assuring the state's readiness to respond to and recover from natural, manmade, and war-caused emergencies, and for assisting local governments in their emergency preparedness, response and recovery efforts.
- Emergency Medicine an online textbook on emergency medicine written for medical practitioners and the public.
- Firehouse.com contains information for members of the firefighting and emergency medical services industries. Click on an interactive U.S. map and find state and regional news, websites, fire department profiles
- National Safety Council: virtual library of online & downloadable resources
- Wiser designed to assist first responders in hazardous material incidents. WISER provides a wide range of information on hazardous substances, including substance identification support, physical characteristics, human health information, and containment and suppression guidance.
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Subject Directories
These Internet resource directories are useful for exploring a subject to find
out what's available on the Internet. Be sure to carefully evaluate what
you find.
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Professional Associations
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Databases
These databases will help you locate articles from professional or
scholarly journals, from magazines, and from newspapers. Articles may or may
not be presented in full; contact the main campus library to obtain complete
articles.
Career Information
- Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics -
information from the Occupational Outlook Handbook
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Contact the Emergency Medical Technology and
Paramedic Program office at Southwestern College for more information about becoming a paramedic or emergency medical
technician.
619-216-6755 |
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Your Library has a great deal more information on this topic!
E-Books, journals,
magazine and newspaper articles are available online. These services
are for current Southwestern College students and staff. Pick up passwords at
the reference desk or contact us at library@swccd.edu. |
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