Digital Library and Archives

Welcome to the National EMS Museum’s Digital Library and Research Archives

You can dive into one of our collection catalogs below or scroll down to learn more about topics our volunteer researchers have complied to help start your journey into EMS history research.

We will continue to add items as they are accessioned into our collection and hope you will check back frequently.

To contribute to the National EMS Museum archives and collections please contact our staff at 612.298.4567 or any of our board members.

Please note that some collections are under copyrights and can be accessed via special request to our office.

National EMS Museum Research People Files

Click the names below to explore the research our hard working volunteers have compiled.

Gordon K. Allen Dr. Frank E. Boston Dr. David Boyd Harold Browning Dr. Nancy Caroline Dr. Leonard Cobb Dr. J. Michael Criley Dr. R. Adams Crowley Dr. Emily Dunning Barringer Dr. Karl William Edmark Dr. Newton T. Enloe Dr. J.D. "Deke" Farrington Dr. Ralph Feichter Dr. William Grace Glenn "Bud" Hare Dr. Sheldon Jacobson Jerry Johnston Lou Jordan Robert Loftus Dr. Bernard Lown Dr. Norman McSwain Mary Beth Michos Louis Molino, Sr. Rocco Morando Eugene Nagel Danny Nelson James O. Page Professor Frank Pantridge Dr. Peter Safar Jack Stout Chief Gordon Vickery Dr. Richard W. "Rick" Vomacka

National EMS Museum Research Subject Files

Click the topics below to explore the research our hard working volunteers have compiled.

Ambulance People Communications & Tools Defibrillators Education, Training and Simulation Jumpkits and Tool boxes Monitors Resuscitators Stethoscopes Stretchers and Cots Splints Suction Uniforms Miscellaneous tools and equipment Covid-19 & Pandemics Ambulance Services

EMS by State Subject Files

Click the state below to learn more about EMS in each of the 50 States. We hope that more states will continue to share their historic EMS and ambulance collections with us so we can bring together excellent scholarship in the history of the Emergency Medical Services.

New Jersey New York :: COMING SOON Kentucky California

EMS Publications

In 2020, The National EMS Museum received a generous donation from Thom Dick of Colorado. A large part of the collection is historic publications which have started to be digitized for use by NEMSM researchers. The project is ongoing and continues to need support. Please donate at: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODkyODA=

Click the publication below to see a list of available journals and articles. You can also find articles within our People File Collections.

Journal of Emergency Medical Services / JEMS

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