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Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services, pre-hospital care or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. [1]
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For emergencies starting outside medical care, a key component of providing proper care is to summon the emergency medical services (usually an ambulance), by calling for help using the appropriate local emergency telephone number, such as 999, 911, 111, 112 or 000.
This medical services headquarters in Darien, Connecticut has an emergency vehicle outside ready to respond immediately in case of need. In the United States , emergency medical services (EMS) provide out-of-hospital acute medical care and/or transport to definitive care for those in need.
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Emergency medical services in the United States (1 C, 35 P) Pages in category "Emergency medical services by country" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
In Brazil, the first emergency medicine residency program was created at Hospital Pronto Socorro de Porto Alegre in 1996. In 2002, the emergency medical services were standardized nationally with the creation of SAMU (Serviço de atendimento móvel de urgência), inspired by French EMS, which also provides training to its employees.