Development of Medical Technology in Emergency Medical Services

Development of medical technology in emergency medical services.

Medical science achievements, effective diagnostic, resuscitative, and intensive care techniques put into practice as well as a number of organizational measures have contributed to the advancement in the level of emergency medical care for the population. Currently, emergency medical services (EMS) systems have acquired a great deal of modern techniques and means for delivering medical care in...

Physician medical direction of emergency medical services.

Emergency medical services (EMS) bring the practice of emergency medicine directly to the homes of patients. Physician guidance of system development and provider practice can enhance the quality of care. This article provides an overview of issues in the development of EMS system oversight in the United States in general, and in Rhode Island.

Failing emergency medical services.

Failing emergency medical services To the Editor: I refer to the scientific letter entitled ‘Emergency centres lack defibrillator knowledge’.1 I am a recently retired UK accident and emergency consultant who is now attempting to plough back knowledge gained in the discipline of emergency medicine (EM) and trauma to peripheral hospitals in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) under the umbre...

Emergency medical services systems.

Overall, our view of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is too constrained and limits services that could be provided. Some time ago, a friend remarked that EMS was unrelated to Disaster Medicine and, in fact, advised that the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) and this journal (PDM) needed to concentrate either on Disaster Medicine OR EMS. More recently, this same frie...

The development of prehospital emergency medical services (PEMS) in China.