Definitions for emergency medical services
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1. Emergency medical services

   Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. They may also be known as a first aid squad, FAST squad, emergency squad, ambulance squad, ambulance corps, life squad or by other initialisms such as EMAS or EMARS. In most places, the EMS can be summoned by members of the public (as well as medical facilities, other emergency services, businesses and authorities) via an emergency telephone number which puts them in contact with a control facility, which will then dispatch a suitable resource for the situation. Ambulances are the primary vehicles for delivering EMS, though some also use squad cars, motorcycles, aircraft, or boats. EMS agencies may also operate a non-emergency patient transport service, and some have rescue squads to provide technical rescue services.As a first resort the EMS provide treatment on the scene to those in need of urgent medical care. If it is deemed necessary, they are tasked with transferring the patient to the next point of care. This is most likely an emergency department of a hospital. Historically, ambulances only transported patients to care, and this remains the case in parts of the developing world. The term "emergency medical service" was popularised when these services began to emphasise diagnosis and treatment at the scene. In some countries, a substantial portion of EMS calls do not result in a patient being taken to hospital.Training and qualification levels for members and employees of emergency medical services vary widely throughout the world. In some systems, members may be present who are qualified only to drive ambulances, with no medical training. In contrast, most systems have personnel who retain at least basic first aid certifications, such as basic life support (BLS). In English-speaking countries, they are known as emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and paramedics, with the latter having additional training such as advanced life support (ALS) skills. Physicians and nurses also provide pre-hospital care to varying degrees in different countries.

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1. Emergency medical services

   Emergency Medical Services are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care, transport to definitive care, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries which prevent the patient from transporting themselves. Emergency medical services may also be locally known as a first aid squad, emergency squad, rescue squad, ambulance, squad ambulance service, ambulance corps, or life squad. The goal of most emergency medical services is to either provide treatment to those in need of urgent medical care, with the goal of satisfactorily treating the presenting conditions, or arranging for timely removal of the patient to the next point of definitive care. This is most likely an emergency department at a hospital. The term emergency medical service evolved to reflect a change from a simple system of ambulances providing only transportation, to a system in which actual medical care is given on scene and during transport. In some developing regions, the term is not used, or may be used inaccurately, since the service in question does not provide treatment to the patients, but only the provision of transport to the point of care.

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1. Emergency Medical Services

   Services specifically designed, staffed, and equipped for the emergency care of patients.

How to pronounce emergency medical services?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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How to say emergency medical services in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency medical services in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of emergency medical services in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of emergency medical services in a Sentence

1. Goodyear Elementary School:

   All students were treated on scene by emergency medical services and were transported to another bus and taken to school.

2. Greg Waldron:

   Opening up will especially benefit China's tourism, emergency medical services and pilot training sectors, which operate light aircraft and helicopters.

3. Christopher Granger:

   Even though the principles are clear, how one does that is highly dependent on the coordination of emergency medical services and the network of hospitals in the region.

4. Timothy Plante:

   Since it seems nearly everyone has a phone on them nowadays, it’s rare that someone would have to run off to use a landline and leave someone clinically unstable alone, at the very least, a cell in every hand has helped bystanders activate emergency medical services more rapidly.

References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Services
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=emergency medical services