TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Protocols, Policies, and Guidelines A1 - Williams, Kenneth A. A1 - Cooney, Derek R. A2 - Cooney, Derek R. PY - 2016 T2 - Cooney's EMS Medicine AB - Prehospital emergency medical care by EMS providers can be defined as physician-directed medical care in the prehospital setting with or without ambulance transport. A wealth of details clarifies this definition within specific jurisdictions and for particular circumstances. The care provided by prehospital providers as a part of the EMS system is a practice of medicine with standards of care established by the training and experience of practitioners and system leaders. Therefore, a key component of the EMS system is physician oversight and medical direction. A well-developed and well-designed EMS system usually incorporates four opportunities for physician input: System designOperational policies and guidelinesPatient care protocolsMedical direction SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/07 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126789083 ER -