Colorado First Aid has gathered on this page a collection of reference files, 
documents, and useful links. This material is intended for anyone interested in first aid and emergency medicine in the field. If you want to suggest a link or document please let us know at .
New CPR and First Aid Protocols were released in October 2015.
- CFA’s Summary of CPR and First Aid Updates
- 2015 Emergency Cardiac Care (ECC) Guidelines – Full Document
- 2015 ECC Part 5 BLS CPR
- 2015 ECC Part 15 First Aid
Reference/Articles:
- AED Facts
- Advanced First Aid Kit Worksheet
- Brown Recluse Spiders
- Classification of Burns
- Colorado Spiders
- Colorado AED Law
- Colorado Approved First Aid Certification Agencies
- Colorado’s Good Samaritan Law
- CPR Facts (Wikipedia)
- CPR Current Protocols
- CPR: Professional vs. Layperson Protocol Issues
- First Aid Response Flowchart
- First Aid Kit Worksheet
- Hemostatic Dressings
- Hypothermia and Cold Weather Injuries
- Jake Snakenberg Youth Concussion Act
- King Airways
- National EMS Model (DOT 2012)
- No more hydrogen peroxide!
- Over The Counter Medications
- Persistent Use of Cannabis
- Splinter Removal
- Stay Kit Go Kit
- Summary of Current First Aid Changes
- Superglue for Sutures?
- Tourniquet Information
- Tuberculosis Information
- What is Hepatitis?
- What ever happened to mercury thermometers?
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What is a “dirty bomb”?
Useful Links and Organizations:
- Altitude and Issues (altitude.org)
- American Camp Association (ACA) First Aid Course Validations
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American Association of Poison Control Centers
- Anatomy and Body Parts Interactive (Online)
- Asthma.com
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Climbing High (Includes First Aid Topics)
- Colorado 911 Foundation’s List of Emergency Numbers
- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
- Colorado State EMS Protocols and References
- Defibrillation (Wikipedia)
- Generic Drug Finder
- Incident Command and Emergency Mgt Training (FEMA)
- JEMS – Journal of Emergency Medicine
- KidsHealth
- Mayo Clinic Medical Information
- Medical Terminology – Learn Online
- MSDS For Some Common Gas HAZMATs (Airgas)
- National Stroke Association
- Operational Field Medicine (Military)
- Pediatric Fractures
- Physicians Desk Reference (Drug Lookup)
- Science Daily – Medical Articles
- WebMD
- Wilderness Medical Society Journal