TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Emergency Medical Services A1 - Demeter, Bradley L. A1 - Beck, Eric H. A2 - Sherman, Scott C. A2 - Weber, Joseph M. A2 - Schindlbeck, Michael A. A2 - Rahul G., Patwari Y1 - 2014 N1 - T2 - Clinical Emergency Medicine AB - Emergency medical services (EMS) is the extension of emergency medical care into the prehospital setting.The U.S. EMS Systems Act of 1973 established key elements for EMS systems to receive funding.In 2012, the American Board of Medical Specialties approved EMS as a subspecialty. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/24 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1101223127 ER -