Fire and EMS Emergency medical service represents more than 80 percent of the response activity in emergency response agencies. The whole concept of EMS has undergone drastic changes and improvements over the past three decades. With the ongoing threat of deadly diseases, the methods once practiced to treat trauma victims are not necessarily the best, or safest, procedures. In this day and age, change is the only constant. This book is designed to improve the quality of your EMS delivery.
About the Author
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 : What Does EMS mean to the Fire Service?
Chapter 2 : What Is EMS?
Chapter 3 : Delivering Fire Service EMS
Chapter 4 : Interfacing Fire and EMS Operations
Chapter 5 : EMS Management Requirements
Chapter 6 : Ancillary Program Requirements
Chapter 7 : Expanding EMS
Chapter 8 : EMS in the Near Future
Chapter 9 : Building for Tomorrow
Chapter 10 : EMS Supervision
Appendix A : Glossary
Appendix B : EMS Organizations and Agencies
