EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DISPATCHER: NATIONAL STANDARD CURRICULUM (SECOND EDITION). 1983 STUDENT STUDY GUIDE AND DISPATCHER'S MEDICAL REFERENCE MANUAL

This Student Study Guide is one of three documents prepared for the Emergency Medical Services Dispatcher: National Standard Curriculum. It was designed as a training aid for the student. As such, it provides an overview of the objectives and content of each course lesson and includes study suggestions to aid trainees in achieving course objectives. This training course is designed to prepare dispatcher personnel to operate a telecommunication base station for the purpose of receiving requests for emergency medical services and allocating community resources in response to such requests. It is intended that the EMS Dispatcher who completes this course will be able to demonstrate minimum competency in carrying out the four broad functions required of such a dispatcher.

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1984-1

Media Info

• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Curricula; Disasters and emergency operations; Dispatching; Guides to information; Hazards and emergency operations; Telecommunications; Training; Training devices
• Old TRIS Terms: Guides
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390451
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-900 077
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 30 1984 12:00AM