Abstract:Background:The specialty of emergency medical services (EMS) medicine focuses on providing out-of-hospital patient care, including initial stabilization, treatment, and transport in specially equipped vehicles including ambulances and airframe platforms to hospitals and better-resourced destinations. The Core Content of EMS Medicine outlines the knowledge, procedures, and psychomotor skills relevant to prehospital patient care. However, this document does not specify the high-consequence skills that are infreq… Show more
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