Emergency Medical Services for Children: it could save a child's life.
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The goal of Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) is to reduce child death and disability due to both injury and illness. EMSC addresses the entire continuum of pediatric emergency services, from prevention and emergency medical service (EMS) access through prehospital and emergency department care, intensive care, rehabilitation, to reintegration into the community. The US Congress passed legislation initiating the EMSC program just over 10 years ago. The legislation provided funding to enable the US Department of Health and Human Services, through its Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants and provide technical support to states to enable them to improve children's emergency services at the local level.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
دوره 2 4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1996