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If you get very sick or badly hurt and need help right away, you should use emergency medical services. These services use specially trained people and specially equipped facilities.
You may need care in the hospital emergency room (ER). Doctors and nurses there treat emergencies, such as heart attacks and injuries. For some emergencies, you need help where you are. Emergency medical technicians, or EMTs, do specific rescue jobs. They answer emergency calls, drive ambulances and give basic medical care. Some EMTs are paramedics - they have training to do medical procedures on site. They usually drive you to the ER for more care.
If you or someone you know needs emergency care, go to your hospital’s emergency room. If you think the problem is life threatening, call 9-1-1.
'''Emergency medical service''' (known by the acronym of "EMS" in the USA) is a branch of medicine that is performed in the field, pre-hospital, (i.e., the streets, peoples' homes, etc.) by paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs in US terminology), and certified first responders (CFRs - US terminology). In the US, although not commonly understood, EMS systems provide emergency care that is almost on par with that of an emergency room. Equipment and procedures are obviously limited, due to the nature of the environment that EMS personnel must work in. EMS providers work under the license and indirect supervision of a medical director or board-certified physician who oversees the policies and protocols of a particular EMS system or organization. EMS professionals are trained to follow a formal and carefully designed decision tree, more commonly referred to as a protocol or standard of care, which has been created and approved by physicians. The emphasis in emergency services is on following correct procedure quickly and accurately rather than on making in-depth diagnosis which requires much professional experience. The use of a decision tree allows EMS workers to be trained in a much shorter time than physicians, with EMT-Basic classes, for example, as short as 4-5 months. National EMS standards for the US are drawn up by the U.S. Department of Transportation and modified from state to state by the state's Department of EMS (usually under its Department of Health), and further altered by Regional Medical Advisory Comittees (usually in rural areas) or by other committees or even individual EMS providers. Also see emergency medical technician. In addition, the [http://www.nremt.org/ National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians], an independent body, was created in 1970 at the recommendation of President Lyndon B. Johnson in an effort to provide a nationwide consensus on protocols and a nationally accepted ... [ Read More ]
Red Lodge Bluegrass Festival - Two-day event in late August to raise funds for the Red Lodge Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services. Band line-up, photos, tickets, directions, and mandolin raffle. Camping, vendors, sponsors, and email contact.
Bobby Sherman Volunteer EMT Foundation - Non-profit organization created by Bobby Sherman for raising funds for emergency volunteer medical service in Southern California. Includes information on how to make donations for this worthy cause.
FSP Books and Videos - Books, video and audio tapes, trading cards, patches, and software for and about fire, police and emergency medical service workers.
Battery Consulting - Consulting services on batteries, online sale of SLA, VRLA batteries for UPS, emergency lights, solar lantern, wheelchairs, security systems, fire alarms, medical devices, electric scooters and security systems.
CJ Pro Shop, Inc. - Recognition and honorary awards and plaques, apparel, and gifts specifically for firefighters and emergency medical services personnel.
SouthEast Senior Housing Initiative - Services for home modifications, assistive devices, ramp building, emergency loans and grants, and loan closet of durable medical goods.
Morrow Mobiles2, Inc. - Manufacturer of multi-purpose mobile expandable rooms. For emergency or disaster relief housing, shelter, medical clinics, food service, command and control. Also for remote classrooms or worker housing.
Drick Educational Services - Provider of emergency response training in all levels of Haz-Mat, industrial medical, fire brigade and incident command.
Ohio - State Fire School - Increase professionalism of your fire service and emergency medical service personnel with education and training provided at Ohio State Fire School's cutting-edge, hands-on classes.
Premedics Inc. - Provides equipment, training and program services for medical emergencies in the work place. Specializing in Automated External Defibrillator(AED).