Emergency Medical Care Program - EMS Community

Emergency medical services and prehospital care have seen undeniable growth and development over the past 40 years. These changes require new knowledge and skills to successfully navigate the challenges of health care and our social environment. Challenges include a growing, diverse, and aging population, the persistence of chronic disease and acute injury, the continued proliferation of violence, increasing vulnerability of communities to disasters, and the present threat of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction.

Loma Linda University responds to these challenges offering comprehensive educational programs in the health sciences. The students, faculty, and staff at Loma Linda University respond to these challenges through their actions.

Useful EMS links

Education/ CEs

• Consortium of Academic Programs in Emergency Medical Services (CAPEMS)

Journals and Reports

• Journal of Prehospital & Disaster Medicine
• Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS)
• EMS Magazine
• EMS Agenda for the Future

EMS Agencies and Authorities

• CA Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)
• Inland Counties Emergency Medical Agency (ICEMA)
• Riverside County Emergency Medical Services Agency (REMS)
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

EMS Associations and Organizations

• National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT)
• National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE)
• National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP)
• National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA)
• National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT)

Compassion in action

Bicycle Ambulance

In May 2005, the 10^th graduating class of the Emergency Medical Care Program presented Loma Linda University administrators with their class gift--a bicycle ambulance to provide emergency transport of patients in the communities of Narasingha Tole Kha, Manakamana and Sisne Plate, in the municipality of Butwal (west of Nepal). Bicycle ambulances in these areas provide people in remote locations with a vital link to available health services that would be otherwise inaccessible.

For more information on bicycle ambulances or to make a donation towards your own bicycle ambulance, visit Practical Action or read more here.

Emergency Medical Care Program
Nichol Hall, 1926
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA 92350

Phone: (909) 558-7076
Fax: (909) 558-4701
Email: emc@llu.edu