Definition of Emergency Medical Service The District of Colombia Department of Health defines an emergency medical service (or EMS) as a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitute a medical emergency (What is emergency medical service?) Goal of Emergency Medical Services The goal of most emergency medical services is to either provide treatment to those in need of urgent medical care
In response to the growing demand for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel in many diverse areas around the United States I am proposing a new training workshop for new hires. The training workshop curriculum is designed to educate EMS personnel to become patient-centered medical professionals. The curriculum develops the student’s ability to diagnose and treat disease and illness through listening and communicating with patients, collaborating with other health care professionals, and understanding
of my sixth-grade year, I was accepted into the Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy. Their extensive week-long training program is what shaped me into the woman the I have become today. There mission statement: The mission of the Emergency Services Youth Academy is to expose children to the importance of public service. It is through interactive activities, the cadets experience the rigors of life in the emergency services by using a military training model, their goal is to instill confidence
This paper will critically analyse the NSW State Emergency Service (NSW SES) strategic plan developed in 2016. Firstly, the NSW SES strategic plan including the vision, mission, strategic anchors and strategic themes will be considered. From reviewing public value and strategic planning theories, a review of the NSW SES’s public value will be explored. The paper will analyse if the NSW SES strategic plan and related Action Plan will achieve sustainable public value. Following the analysis of public
related pieces of literature that concerns disaster preparedness of nurses. This important due to the fact that nurses is a big chunk in health workforce. Moreover, nurses are considerably the first-line health professionals in giving health care services. As such in times of disaster, preparedness on a personal and professional level is important. As a result, it will enable nurses not only to ensure safety, health and well-being of their client or patients but also themselves. UNIDSR (2009) defined
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Improve Emergency Response Times with Live Tracking Time is often the most critical factor involved during an emergency. In situations involving life or death, every second counts. It’s not surprising that numerous countries around the world are taking advantage of GPS technology to improve emergency response times. There are two major components that can significantly delay emergency response times, including miscommunications, and uncertain traffic and road conditions. GPS live tracking is
It is a way that establishes a type of culture or a foundation to building teams through shared values. I also think it makes sense that in order to have the right or successful organizational culture within modern emergency services requires the right leadership. Schein (2004) states how culture is the result of a group learning process that is influenced by the behaviors and values of the leader. So it is relevant that a leader within the organization has a responsibility
call for an ambulance. In that ambulance comes a paramedic who has been trained to assist anyone when they are in a medical emergency outside of the hospital. As it might seem to be a paramedic is not all that easy, being a paramedic take a lot of training, skills, and responsibility to ensure the best care for each patient. Being a paramedic results in round-the-clock service, meaning paramedics are put into sifts to make sure every hour is covered. Most shifts are usually around twelve or twenty-four
heroin becoming the drug of choice in many cities across the country, overdoses relating to heroin are on the rise. Many states and cities are attempting to reverse the epidemic. Making naloxone, an overdose reversal drug, readily available for emergency responders or even those individuals overdosing, could cause a decrease in overdose related fatalities. In order to understand the effects of naloxone we must understand the causes of an opioid overdose. An opioid can affect the part of the brain
Emergency Management Disaster could happen at anytime and anywhere. As mentioned in previous part of this module, disaster can be classified into two categories which are natural disaster and people-caused disaster. The examples of natural disaster include earthquake, tsunami, floods, and epidemic. On the other hand, people-caused disaster consists of terrorism, fires, sabotage and accident. Recently, natural disaster and technological-caused disaster bring about significant losses (Nirupama &
Mitigation is the bases of emergency management. It is the effort to lessen the impact that disasters have on people and property. Mitigation can be defined as an action that reduces or eliminates long-term risk to people and property from natural hazards (The four phases of emergency management, n.d.). Mitigation attempts to prevent hazards from developing into disasters. It is different from the other three phases of emergency management because it focuses on long-term measures to reduce or
To protect lives, honours and properties of the public is the prime objective of the government. To respond against any emergency and/or disaster to save the lives of public is very crucial due to shortage of time and allocation of optimal resources depending upon the nature of the disaster. In the whole scenario of emergency right information regarding the type of emergency, its location, availability of resources to the closest vicinity of the crises and their optimal deployment and strong communications
The history of EMS is extremely interesting, to think that a service that is expected to respond to an emergency at the ring of a phone, was once just something used to remove injured soldiers from the battlefield. Imagine the amount of people who died from the simple common cold or infection, to the practice today of identifying and treating strokes and cardiac arrests. Bringing the “White Pages” to identify the need for a cohesive response to the dangerous highways of the states opened the door
Emergency prevention through good design, operation, maintenance and inspection are essential to reduce the probability of occurrence and consequential effect of such eventualities. The overall objective of the DMP/Emergency Response Plan (ERP) is to make use of the combined resources at the site and outside services to achieve the following. Localize the emergency on property and people Minimize effects on property and people Effective rescue and medical treatment Evacuation. A disastrous event
DW&C has asked that a crisis management plan be created to assist the organization in the event of a major emergency. The document below should be followed should such an occurrence happen within the organization. To note, the format below, contained between the asterisks(*) was taken from Bright Hub Project Management. For more information regarding the template, please refer to my sources at the end of the document. *Crisis Management Plan For: DW&C, Inc. Purpose The following crisis
was published in 1966. It completely changed the way we view and manage injuries in the United States, the paper was published by the National Academy of Sciences. This paper came about because of the substandard care that was being given during emergencies in the early sixties. The EMS White Paper stated that there were “52,000,000 accidental injuries in 1965. Out of those injuries 107,000 of them resulted in death, 400,000 permanently impaired, and 10,000,000+ were disabled”. It also stated that
there to take the challenge. For one to become a paramedic, it would require you to undergo long hours of training and certifications. At first, you would start off as and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT). You could be doing anything from using field equipment, handling emergencies and dealing with trauma and cardiac emergencies. Once you've gain an understanding of the basic level, next comes and advanced EMT. At this stage, you would be
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Paramedics and EMTs (emergency medical technicians) are the first to arrive on the scene of emergency. Once they reach the person in need, they give basic medical treatment, such as dressing a wound, CPR, and much more medical procedures. Another main part of their job is to transport injured or sick people to