conclusions emergency medical services should be considered as a system with its independent components. establishing an independent ems organization, integrating pre-hospital and hospital emergency under single supervision and management, as well as, extending the possibility of providing ems through private sector are essential in order to make fundamental reforms in providing emergency medic...

background due to the high number of road accidents in iran, pre-hospital care plays a vital role in saving the lives of trauma patients. although several studies have been conducted on the pre-hospital emergency status and its indicators, there are no comprehensive studies presenting its status. objective therefore, this review examines iranian studies conducted on pre-hospital emergency statu...

determination of pre-hospital delay time of patients with acute myocardial infarction and seeking ways of speeding up the time for reperfusion is an important factor to lower mortality in these patients. this is a cross-sectional study to determine pre-hospital delay time, its components, and related causes and conditions, obtained in 375 patients with prolonged chest pain referred to four hosp...