RT Book, Section
A1 Mechem, C. Crawford
A2 Tintinalli, Judith E.
A2 Stapczynski, J. Stephan
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Yealy, Donald M.
A2 Meckler, Garth D.
A2 Cline, David M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1121501058
T1 Emergency Medical Services
T2 Tintinalli’s Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 8e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071794763
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1121501058
RD 2024/04/24
AB EMS  is  the  extension  of  emergency  medical  care  into  the  prehospital  setting.  The  concept  of  bringing  care  to  the  sick  or  injured  dates  back  to  Roman  times.  However,  today's  EMS  systems  have  their  roots  in  legislative  and  clinical  developments  of  the  1960s  and  1970s.  The  1966  report  "Accidental  Death  and  Disability—The  Neglected  Disease  of  Modern  Society"  highlighted  the  deficiencies  of  prehospital  care  for  trauma  victims,  which  were  attributable  to  inadequate  equipment  and  provider  training.  Up  until  that  time,  more  than  half  of  ambulance  services  were  run  by  funeral  homes  because  hearses  were  among  the  few  vehicles  able  to  transport  a  stretcher.  The  National  Highway  Safety  Act  of  1966  established  the  Department  of  Transportation  and  made  it  the  lead  agency  responsible  for  upgrading  EMS  systems  nationwide.1