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A collection of open source resources around the internet related to Emergency Medical Services. This is mostly about software, hardware or protocols, but there are some educational resources as well.

• A ruby-based dispatch system calledskycad.
• TicketsCAD appears to be under active development.
• A really old (2009) web-based dispatch system calledWebEMS.
• OpenISES, another old project. The website claims there is an attempt to revive it, and the latest tarball is dated August, 2016.
• TheMedic Mobile project is meant to help coordinate activities in areas where there is only SMS available.

• Aresearch project about optimizing ambulance assignment. The paper and code are available.
• Asimple system for visualizing placement of ambulances.
• traccar has open source apps for android and iOS. It could be used to track ambulance personnel.

• Asimple system for visualizing placement of ambulances.
• TheFree Open Access to Medical EDucation project brings together medical educational information. There is also aSearch Engine and atwitter hashtag, andseveralotherEMS-oriented versions of the hashtag as well.
• Every Paramedic has likely already foundecgpedia, but here it is anyway.
• EMD Cards is a freely available emergency medical dispatch guidebook. Obviously you're gonna want to run that one by medical control first.
• emsprotocols.org is a website that attempts to keep up with the latest and greatest protocols that are available online.
• Vital Sign Simulator can be used to "fake" a lifepack for simulations with a dummy.

• This isn't really open source, but it's the future of EMS data -NEMSIS.
• PhysioNet has recorded physiological data for that deep learning ECG simulator you always wanted to write. PhysioNet also has a list of software you can use for various kinds of data. If you need a program to detect apnea waveforms or QRS waves, you might just find it here.

There are alot of EHR/EMR systems out there. I'm not going to list them, buthere is a really large list.

• epmobile is an open source app aimed at electrophysiology.

• Zephyr Open is a Java library for communicating with "BlueTooth Physiological Sensors".
• The Linux Anasthesia Modular Devices Interface (lamdi) sounds interesting, but the site seems to be down.

• Quantum GIS is a very useful tool for all sorts of geospatial work.
• PostGIS is an add-on module for the most excellentPostgreSQL database server that provides geospatial capabilities for PostgreSQL.
• pgRouting is another PostgreSQL add-on that enables all sorts of routing features. Works withOpen Street Maps data and has some extremely useful features for EMS planning.

• Mobile apps for first responders should conform to theMobile Applications for Public Safety guidelines.

• OpenMedSpel is a medical spelling checker. There is a firefox addon, but this open source project appears to be a server of some kind.