Answer:
WHAT IS EMS?
- Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is a system that provides emergency medical care. Once it is activated by an incident that causes serious illness or injury, the focus of EMS is emergency medical care of the patient(s).
• Agencies and organizations ( both private and public )
• Communication and Transportation networks
• Trauma systems, hospitals, trauma centers, and specialty care centers
• Rehabilitation facilities
• Highly trained professionals
• Volunteer and career prehospital personnel
• Physicians, nurses, and therapists
• Administrators and government officials
These components include Prehospital care, Transportation, and Hospital care.
