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Emergency medical services has long been a cornerstone of emergency response, primarily focusing on rapid transportation and immediate medical care. Traditionally, EMS has operated under the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) jurisdiction, reflecting its origins in emergency transportation.
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“Where were you on 9/11?” That’s a question that anyone who was touched by this tragedy can answer with clarity, even 23 years after the event.
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Joe Pawlows, Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team senior manager for Arizona and Southern Nevada, likens a cellular telephone network to a tube to explain how traffic jams occur during high-usage situations. “If you think of communication as a tube and all the cell services going through this tube, all of a sudden you get a hundred [responders] using this tube [and] that tube gets ...
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The landscape of emergency medical services is undergoing a significant shift driven by technology, and the traditional ambulance model is also transforming to address challenges with rising demand resource limitations that threaten to impede re
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The EMS Education Agenda for the Future—released in 2000—is a vision for the future of EMS education that builds on the broad concepts of the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future.
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Despite their variety of backgrounds, certifications and areas of expertise, the Verizon Frontline Crisis Response Team galvanizes behind a single mission when disaster strikes.
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First responders across the nation are facing obstacles in equipping their life-saving ambulances.
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By many definitions, EMS care in the United States is in crisis mode. Staffing and retention shortages, insufficient reimbursement, and rising safety risks are only a few of the many challenges facing this critical sector of the country’s health care system.