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These are a few interesting web sites that we have found while browsing the web. We don't necessarily endorse these sites. If you want to add a new, or report a dead or incorrect link, send a message to Gary Saffer Updated February 20, 2002.

Labor related links:

Austin-Travis County EMS Employees Association.
Origins of the Boston Police Patrolmen's Association The history of the founding of the BPPA, as told by it's first president. This page is not affiliated with the BPPA or BPPA EMS Division pages, however it makes for interesting reading.
The North American EMS Employees Organization Network Web Site The NEEON website.
AFSCME Local 2507 The FDNY EMS EMT and Paramedic Union

AFSCME Local 3621 The FDNY EMS Lieutenants and Captains Union.
Pittsburgh EMS and F.A.P.P. Web Site Pittsburgh EMS by the Fraternal Order of Professional Paramedics.

Cleveland Association of Rescue Employees (CARE) web site. The Cleveland EMS union's website.
C.U.P.E. Local 873 The Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia.
C.U.P.E. Local 3197 Edmonton, Alberta Canada Emergency Health Services Personnel.
Ambulance Services Union. Representing EMS personnel in the United Kingdom.
State Police Association of Massachusetts The Mass State Police union's website. Be sure to visit "In the Book" for some interesting stories.
EMS Systems and related links:

International Ambulance Page Information on EMS systems from around the world.
The Old Paramedics Page. Interesting links to a variety of EMS related sites.
Scottish Ambulance Service All about EMS in Scotland.
Irish Emergency Ambulance Service Association Information about various EMS systems in Ireland.
FDNY EMS BEST Another FDNY EMS Page.
Newark, NJ EMS
Austin-Travis County EMS The EMS system in the capitol of Texas.
Pittsburgh EMSThe official department site, and the sites of Rescue 2/Medic 14 and Medic 3.
British Columbia Ambulance Service
The Denise Chapman Story The story of a New York City EMT who contracted a job related illness, and how the Fire Department of New York City has treated her. Compelling reading.
Boston MedFlight Air and ground critical transport.
EMS 2000. This link will take you to the newly enacted Chapter 111C. The complete text of the law is here. For a downloadable text version, go here.
Boston EMS The official Boston EMS site.
EMS Boston An unofficial web site from a fan.
Emergency Services WWW Site List Lots of links to Police, EMS and Fire sites.

National EMS Memorial Dedicated to EMS professionals that have made the ultimate sacrifice.

San Diego Paramedics A look at how they do things on the "left" coast.

Hennepin County Medical Center (Minneapolis) EMS.
UMASS-Memorial Medical Center EMS The official web site for the EMS provider for Worcester, MA.
FDNY EMS Page An unofficial look at FDNY EMS
Toronto EMS A look at one of the larger systems in Canada. A large site with lots of pictures and graphics.
Unofficial Toronto EMS Page Not as detailed as the Official page.
Denver EMS A look at Denver's EMS system.
The Unofficial Detroit EMS Page
Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services News and information from the state office.
Region IV News from the regional office.
Kentucky EMS Connection In addition to latest Kentucky EMS news, there are links and EMS news from around the nation.
Calgary EMS A tour of another Canadian EMS System.
New Bedford EMS New Bedford EMS, Police, Fire Departments.
Online Emergency Book Store Buy EMS Books Online.
Medic Planet A page with links to various EMS related sites.
Quebec EMS EMS in Quebec, Canada. Available in English and French.
Melbourne Metropolitan Ambulance Service The EMS service for Melbourne Australia.
Kent County, DE Paramedic Service
London Ambulance Service Profile on the London Ambulance Service. Contains links to other British ambulance Services.
Emergency and General Medical Links

Medical Directions, Inc.A source for online CME.
Injury Prevention Web A site sponsored by San Diego State University with information on injury prevention.
American Public Health Association (APHA)Injury Control and Emergency Health Services (ICEHS) Dedicated to reducing acts of violence and unintentional injury to health care workers.
GHB Myths exposed A page devoted to exposing the myths and telling the truth about GAMMA HYDROXY BUTYRATE (GHB). Interesting reading for any EMS professional.
Metro-Boston DMAT MA-1 Part of the National Disaster Medical System, MA-1 is the eastern Massachusetts team.
The Centers for Disease Control You can find lots of information here, including some on infectious diseases.
The American Medical Association An AMA site that has information on almost every hospital in the U.S.
Cyberounds Cyberounds has various conferences, an online bookstore, CME's, and other topics of interest.
The Internet Drug Index A searchable drug database.
The National Library of Medicine Databases, including free Medline access, information on research projects, and all sorts of medicine related information. Brought to you by the National Institutes for Health.
The Emergency Medicine and Primary Care Home Page All sorts of resources for Emergency Medicine, mostly in hospital. EKGs, CT Scan and Xray Libraries, other links.
EMS-OnLine.net EMS News, EMS Store, and other EMS related pages.
Medic City Another site with EMS related pages.
Emergency Medical Services Conference Coordinators The people who bring you the "Snowbird" conference.
Department members websites

Ed Pike's Website.
Scott Beer's website.
The Boston ambulance photo page. Pictures of Boston ambulances then and now.
Public Safety Photo. Ken McCarron's public safety photo page.
None of the above:

The Boston Police Department

The Massachusetts State Police

Office of the Chief Medical Examiner

The Shift work Links Page Links to all sorts of information on shift work.
Urban Legends Reference Needles in coin boxes? Exploding MagLites? Find out if these and other stories are true or false.
The Big Dig. Watch the progress of the largest civil engineering project in America's history.
Interactive Weather Information Network Live weather updates from NOAA.
The State Department Foreign travel information and warnings.
The Weather Channel. On line weather forecasts.
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency