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The Pennsylvania Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) provides links for the convenience of its members and visitors. ENA is not responsible for content at linked sites, and does not endorse or recommend the proprietary products or services offered at any linked site.

International Emergency Nursing Organizations Reference List:

Emergency Nurses Association

Delaware County Chapter

Berks Chapter

Buxmont ENA

Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter

Philadelphia Legal Nurse Consultant
The members of the Philadelphia Chapter of the AALNC provide diverse legal nurse consulting services to attorneys in the tri-state area. Our members belong to the national American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, and have clinical nursing experience in all nursing specialty areas.

The American Trauma Society, PA Division
The American Trauma Society, PA Division (ATSPA) is dedicated to reducing the devastating toll that trauma takes on the lives of all people. ATSPA strives to help all Pennsylvanians survive and lead healthier lives through its trauma prevention education programs.

D2B: An Alliance for QualityTM
The Alliance for Quality is comprised of a number of strategically-related organizations committed to the campaign and the reduction of door-to-balloon times for STEMI patients treated at primary PCI hospitals.

Act in Time to Heart Attack Signs.
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) part of the National Institutes of Health has a campaign to increase awareness of the need to act fast when someone may be having a heart attack.

Gift of Life - Donor Program
Gift of Life Donor Program remains dedicated to preserving its core mission statement.

United Network for Organ Sharing
The UNOS Organ Center is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year, to facilitate organ sharing among transplant centers, organ procurement organizations and histocompatibility laboratories across the U.S.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is an alliance of consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies and agents working together to make America's roads safer.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
AHRQ is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality—the Nation's lead Federal agency for research on health care quality, costs, outcomes, and patient safety.

American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Comitted to the attainment of optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being fo rall infants, children, adolescents, and young adults.

American Association of Heart Failure Nurses
The American Association of Heart Failure Nurses (AAHFN) is a specialty organization dedicated to advancing nursing education, clinical practice and research, to improve heart failure patient outcomes. Heart failure is our exclusive interest and passion. Our goal is to set the standards for heart failure nursing care.

American College of Emergency Physicians
The American College of Emergency Physicians exists to support quality emergency medical care, and to promote the interests of emergency physicians. This idea guides its Board of Directors, Council and Committees.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Provides information on the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) and the EMAC Environmental Health Assistance Project.

Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC)
The Federal EMSC Program is designed to ensure that all children and adolescents, no matter where they live, attend school, or travel, receive appropriate care in a health emergency.

EMTALA Resource - at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Gift From Within - an international nonprofit organization is dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals. Educational materials include videotapes, books and articles for both clinicians and those experiencing PTSD.