emergency medical services
Ambulance dispatch system
Emergency medical services, often abbreviated EMS, refers to the system of trained personnel and equipment that responds to medical emergencies outside hospitals.
This includes ambulance crews, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians who provide on-scene care and transport patients to hospitals.
She called 911 and emergency medical services arrived within minutes.
- 911 callRequest for emergency services
- health careServices preventing and treating illness
- ambulancesEmergency medical transport
- life flightEmergency medical helicopter service
- first aidInitial injury treatment
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- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- relief aidrelief supplies, disaster relief, relief workers, aid workers, relief organizations
emergency medical servicesprimary care
First-line medical services
outpatient services · rehabilitation services · routine care · wellness visits · preventive care
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Medical services for patients
inpatient care · hospital admission · institutional care · home health care
emergency medical serviceshospice care
End-of-life medical comfort
palliative care · end-of-life care · comfort care · do not resuscitate · withdrawal of care
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