EMS and Beyond

EMS and beyond.

coherent matter of indefinite shape or size; a considerable number or quantity. 2 It follows then, that the " local " EMS systems are not be able to manage all of the victims. For events that produce massive numbers of casualties, the system is overwhelmed and many victims whose lives possibly could have been salvaged in a multiple-casualty situation will succumb to their injuries/illnesses as ...

EMS Professionals

Helicopter EMS beyond Trauma: Utilization of Air Transport for Non-Trauma Conditions

Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) use in civilian medical transport has its roots in the use of rotor-wing trauma transport in the military setting. Much of the literature and evidence based on the use of HEMS is therefore related to scene and interfacility transport of injured patients. Regionalization of care and increased understanding of timecriticality of various non-trauma cond...

International EMS systems: Portugal.

Introduction 1.1 Ems Process

It is generally believed that Dominique Jean Larrey (17661842) was the rst to use the wordàmbulance' (Skandalakis et al., 2006). As a surgeon of Napoleon Bonaparte's Imperial Guard, he developed a plan for rapid evacuation of wounded soldiers from the battle eld during combat using exible medical units. The term ambulance was born. The rst types of these units were pulled by horses and were use...