TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - EMS and Disaster Medicine A1 - Garcia, Elena D. A1 - McLean, Justin A2 - Blok, Barbara K. A2 - Cheung, Dickson S. A2 - Platts-Mills, Timothy F. PY - 2016 T2 - First Aid for theĀ® Emergency Medicine Boards, 3rd Edition AB - Modern emergency medical service (EMS) systems began to evolve in the 1960s and 1970s to deliver emergency care in the prehospital environment rather than simply as a means of transport to the hospital. Several important steps in the development of modern EMS in the United States resulted in improved training, regulation, and quality of prehospital care. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/07 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1209153019 ER -