AMBULANCE SERVICES AND HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS; DIGEST OF SURVEYS CONDUCTED 1965 TO MARCH 1971

A SUMMARY IS PRESENTED OF THE STATUS OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMS IN THE UNITED STATES BASED ON A REVIEW OF 37 STATEWIDE SURVEYS OF COMMUNITY AMBULANCE SERVICES AND 21 STATEWIDE SURVEYS OF HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS. A DIGEST OF EACH STATE SURVEY AND OF FOUR SELECTED AREA SURVEYS -- BALTIMORE, CHICAGO, DETROIT, AND MARICOPA/GILA COUNTIES (ARIZONA) ARE GIVEN. EACH DIGEST IS COMPOSED OF FOUR MAIN AREAS: TITLE AND DATE OF THE REPORT; METHOD USED TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION; SELECTED STATISTICS; AND CONTENT. THE SUMMARY AND DIGESTS WILL HELP COMMUNITY PLANNING AND TRAINING ORGANIZATIONS TO: (1) OBTAIN INSIGHT ON DEVELOPING TRENDS IN THE VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE SYSTEMM; (2) COMPARE THEIR OPERATION WITH STATEWIDE OPERATIONS, AND (3) ESTABLISH A BASELINE FOR PLANNING IMPROVEMENTS. /HSRI/

• Corporate Authors:

  Emergency Health Services

  /Health Services & Mental Health Admin
  ,   United States 
• Publication Date: 1971-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 128 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: City planning; Disasters and emergency operations; Emergency vehicles; Hazards and emergency operations; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00226605
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: No Dehs-11
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 8 1973 12:00AM