EMS
911 response crews
EMS stands for emergency medical services—the system of ambulances, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians that responds to medical emergencies.
Call EMS if someone is having a heart attack.
EMS personnel provide critical care during transport to hospitals.
The term also appears in contexts like EMS response time. (Lowercase ems is a typographical measurement.)
Crisis response number
- dispatchSend with speed
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
- incidentA distinct event
- responseAnswer to stimulus
mayday · distress · alarm · catastrophe · disaster · evacuation · casualty · triage
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- CPREmergency revival technique
AED · oxygen · IV · vitals · stretcher · backboard · airway · epinephrine
Emergency medical transport
- stretcherPortable frame for casualties
- gurneyMobile patient transport bed
- sirenWailing alert device
- lightsSources of illumination
dispatch · hospital · airlift · helicopter · medevac · cot · destination · handoff
Restoring vital functions
- defibrillationElectric cardiac rhythm reset
- CPREmergency revival technique
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
shock · tourniquet · survival · revival · life-support · save · recover
Send with speed
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- alertWarning or watchfulness
- transmissionSending of information
paging · frequency · walkie-talkie · repeater · antenna · protocol · digital · analog
Act of freeing
- extractionAct of removing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- trappedUnable to escape
- collapseSudden structural failure
entrapment · victim · survivor · recovery
911
Crisis response number
response · mayday · distress · alarm · catastrophe · disaster · evacuation · casualty · triage · life-threatening
paramedic
Prehospital emergency caregiver
- ambulanceEmergency medical transport
- defibrillatorHeart-shocking medical device
- intubationPlacing airway tube
CPR · AED · oxygen · IV · vitals · stretcher · backboard · airway · epinephrine · glucose
ambulance
Emergency medical transport
lights · dispatch · hospital · airlift · helicopter · medevac · cot · destination · handoff · rig
resuscitation
Restoring vital functions
- defibrillationElectric cardiac rhythm reset
- CPREmergency revival technique
- stabilizationProcess of becoming steady
intervention · shock · tourniquet · survival · revival · life-support · save · recover
dispatch
Send with speed
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- interoperabilityCross-platform functional harmony
- alertWarning or watchfulness
transmission · paging · frequency · walkie-talkie · repeater · antenna · protocol · digital · analog · encryption
extrication
Act of freeing
- extractionAct of removing
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- trappedUnable to escape
collapse · entrapment · victim · survivor · recovery
- healthcaredoctors, nurses, hospitals, hospital, clinic
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, ER, paramedic, trauma center
- Emergency Medicineemergency medicine, paramedic, paramedics, critical care, trauma care
- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- Emergency Safety911, 911 center, fire station, police station, ambulance
EMSroutine care
Regular scheduled upkeep
preventive care · primary care · wellness care · annual checkup · walk-in clinic
EMShospital
Medical treatment facility
inpatient care · emergency room · ER · doctor's office · outpatient clinic
EMShospice
Terminal illness comfort program
palliative care · end-of-life care · comfort care · DNR · withdrawal of care