This valuable text is a new resource to start a discussion about the need to include disability education in EMT and paramedic curricula. EMS Response to Patients with Special Needs: Assessment, Treatment and Transport is the first comprehensive resource of its kind to address the emergency prehospital needs of people with disabilities.

This research focuses on the experiences of people with disabilities (PWD) in disaster evacuation and sheltering. The research concludes with a discussion of the access differences PWD faced in those three areas, compared to the general population, that subsequently led to differential experiences of the disaster.

The purpose of this report is to provide guidance to assist designers, facility managers, and fire emergency personnel on how they might improve designs, technologies, and emergency procedures for safer evacuation of occupants with mobility impairments during fire emergencies.