WikiMed vs SJCEMSA Treatment Protocols

With 51,000+ medical articles, Wikimed is the largest and most comprehensive collection of health-related articles available. It includes content on diseases, medications, anatomy, and sanitation. As an encyclopedic medical dictionary, Wikimed is perfect for practicing physicians, as well as medicine and other healthcare students. Users without medical training are advised to seek a doctor’s advice in addition to using this app and before making any medical decisions. If you are in the developing world without access to the Internet or on a boat in the middle of nowhere you can now access one of the foremost and up-to-date medical dictionaries, for free. The information, including but not limited to, text, graphics, images and other material contained in this application are for informational purposes only. No material in this application is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition or treatment and before undertaking a new health care regimen, and never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read in this application.

SJCEMSA Treatment Protocols App includes EMS Policy 5700, "Advanced Life Support Treatment Protocols." The Treatment Protocols are medical direction to prehospital personnel in San Joaquin County, CA that is based on current emergency medicine standards of care. Their adoption constitutes a significant change to the delivery of prehospital care in the San Joaquin County EMS system. The new Treatment Protocols are formatted for ease of use and quick reference for prehospital personnel. The mobile application is intended to provide mobile and convenient access to the Treatment Protocols for San Joaquin County accredited paramedics and is not a general-purpose first aid guide. The app also allows the San Joaquin County EMS Agency to provide updates to its EMS professionals. The Treatment Protocols as presented in the mobile application do not constitute advice for the treatment of the sick or injured for individuals by any person that does not have the appropriate skills, training, licensure and accreditation.