EMS IN THE USA - OVERVIEW
THE NEED FOR GREATER EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE U.S. IS STRESSED. FUNCTION OF AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SYSTEM INCLUDE: ACCIDENT DETECTION, ACCIDENT REPORTING, AMBULANCE DISPATCHING, DRIVING THE AMBULANCE TO THE SCENE, RENDERING OF EMERGENCY CARE, EXTRICATING THE INJURED, TRANSFERRING THE INJURED, ADMITTANCE TO THE HOSPITAL, AND PROVIDING DEFINITIVE MEDICAL CARE IN THE HOSPITAL. TRAINING, COMMUNICATIONS, AND EVALUATION OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM ARE MENTIONED. /HSL/
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Corporate Authors:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC United States 20590 -
Authors:
- Mills, D A
- Publication Date: 0
Media Info
- Features: References;
- Pagination: 29 p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Communication systems; Crashes; Disasters and emergency operations; Hazards and emergency operations; Medical services
- Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00226625
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
- Files: TRIS, USDOT
- Created Date: Apr 8 1973 12:00AM