CLINICAL REACH: OHIO · KENTUCKY · INDIANA
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Good knowledge
should travel.

Official protocol sources, selected education, and practical teaching tools. Find something useful, bring it to your team, and keep the conversation going.

Education and authority are not the same thing.UMD teaching tools are provided for professional education. Agency use requires review and authorization through your organization. External education remains the publisher’s work. No UMD CME or CE credit is offered here. Use your approved protocols, scope, and clinical judgment.

13 resources

ProtocolsOfficial source

Academy of Medicine EMS protocols

Browse the Academy’s published EMS protocols and supporting materials for Southwest Ohio, Northern Kentucky, and the region.

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Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
Follow your agency’s adopted protocols and local guidance.

EMSSlides & videos

Protocol training & updates

Find annual protocol training slides, videos, and updates on the Academy’s EMS / PHCOC page.

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Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
Select the training materials you want to review on the Academy’s page.

EMSSlides & videos

Opiate withdrawal training

Visit the Academy’s EMS / PHCOC page for its opiate withdrawal protocol training slides and video.

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Academy of Medicine of Cincinnati
Look for the opiate withdrawal training links on the Academy’s page.

UMD Teaching ToolsPrintable field guide

The five-minute team debrief

A short, constructive conversation about what worked, what got in the way, and what to do next.

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Unified Medical Direction
UMD teaching tool · Not approved agency policy.

UMD Teaching ToolsPlanning worksheet

The 12 + 1 improvement cycle

Turn a broad improvement goal into a defined priority, a practical work cycle, and a scheduled reset.

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Unified Medical Direction
UMD teaching tool · Adapt to the agency.

UMD Teaching ToolsTeam discussion guide

A more useful clinical handoff

A practical discussion guide for sharing the concern, the clinical story, and the next responsibility.

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Unified Medical Direction
UMD teaching tool · Use your approved handoff process.

TeamworkOpen reference

SBAR communication tool

A structured approach to communicating a situation, relevant background, assessment, and recommendation or request.

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AHRQ · TeamSTEPPS
Third-party content; review in the context of your team’s workflow.

TeamworkOpen reference

TeamSTEPPS debriefing

A source for team-performance reflection, focused discussion, and planning the next improvement.

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AHRQ
Third-party reference used in the UMD debrief guide.

Emergency MedicineOnline education

SAEM/CDEM medical student curriculum

Emergency medicine learning materials for medical students and clinical educators.

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SAEM · CDEM
Visit the publisher for access details and curriculum updates.

Correctional MedicineOfficial guidance

Correctional health resources

A starting point for public health guidance and resources relevant to correctional settings and transitions back to the community.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Source content may change; confirm the applicable guidance.

Public HealthTraining & tools

Project Firstline

Infection prevention education and training materials for frontline healthcare teams.

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Access and any continuing education terms are set by the publisher.

Public HealthPublic agency

NKY Health

Official local public health information, programs, and contact channels.

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Northern Kentucky Health Department
For agency guidance, use the public health source—not this directory.

ProtocolsRegulatory source

Kentucky medical direction

Medical direction information, with links to clinical bulletins, protocols, and scope-of-practice resources.

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Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services
Always consult the current official source and applicable requirements.

Directory review updated October 23, 2026. Publisher pages were checked for availability; this is not a claim that every linked clinical statement has been reviewed by UMD. Access terms and source content may change.

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