Links to other EMS resources | SILVERCROSSEMS.COM

We hope you find these links to other EMS resources helpful.

Silver Cross Hospital: www.silvercross.org (Resource Hospital for Silver Cross EMS EMS)

Please direct families looking to drop deceased loved ones medications to the following website, which will assist them in locating an appropriate facility that will take unwanted prescriptions. From the below site click on “Find a Collection Site Near You” then enter your zip code. http://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_disposal/takeback/index.html

Please direct families looking to drop off “sharps” (needles) to a nearby Walgreens for a sharps disposal kit or perhaps visit sharpsdisposal.com (or other sharps disposal site of their choice) for a medical waste return kit. Local hospitals will NOT take outside sharps for return/waste.

American College of Emergency Physicians: www.acep.org/ems (EMS Week information here)

American Heart Association: www.heart.org (CPR & ECC classes)

American Red Cross: www.redcross.org

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: www.cdc.gov

IDPH approved CE sites (just to name a few): EmCert.com / ems-ce.com / MedicEd.com

Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov

FEMA Courses: http://training.fema.gov/IS/

Illinois Data Collection: www.nemsis.org

Illinois Department of Public Health: www.idph.state.il.us/home.htm

Illinois EMS for Children (EMSC): https://www.luriechildrens.org/emsc

IDPH Rules and Regulations: www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/077/07700515sections.html

IEMA: Illinois Emergency Management Agency