Community Relations and Public Health
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Public health as defined by Charles-Edward A. Winslow is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and…
Provider Education
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen All US states and territories require that providers staffing EMS vehicles have successfully completed a program of initial training and passed an examination process. These providers…
Patient Safety and Continuous Quality Improvement
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Emergency medical services providers, like other health care workers, are dedicated to improving the lives of their patients. Unfortunately, even with the best of intentions, there…
Diversion, Bypass, and Offload Delay
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Although the primary focus of an advanced EMS system is typically the patient care rendered in the field and during transport, the act of delivering the…
Controlled Substance Programs
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen An emergency medical services (EMS) agency medical director usually focuses primarily on the oversight of the care provided directly to patients and their families. One of…
Training and Board Certification
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In the United States, over 15.9 million patients per year are transported to emergency departments (ED) by emergency medical services (EMS), and 40% of all hospital…
Medical Control, Direction, and Oversight
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen EMS in the United States is a hierarchical care delivery system, with physician leaders working in partnership with EMT/paramedic providers to rescue, care for, and transport…
Historical Aspects
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Emergency care of the sick and wounded in the field has deep historical roots as far back as the ancient times when Roman soldiers were carried…
EMS Medicine as a Subspecialty
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen This book is dedicated to the premise that emergency medical services (EMS) represent a bona fide field of physician subspecialty, that certain knowledge and skills are…
Unique Airway Issues in the Pediatric Population
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A full-term baby is born with APGAR scores of 4/6. The neonatologist attempts stimulation of the baby and then proceeds with two failed attempts to…
