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Emergency Medical Responder (Not recognized by the Arkansas Department of Health, certification issued by local EMS Authorities and/or the Arkansas Fire Training Academy) [5] Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) [6] Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) [6] Paramedic [6] Community Paramedic [5]
Until the professionalization of emergency medical services in the early 1970s, one of the most common providers of ambulance service in the United States was a community's local funeral home. [9] This occurred essentially by default, as hearses were the only vehicles at the time capable of transporting a person lying down.
GRMC is licensed by the Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals. [2] GRMC maintains an Area trauma center. [3] In 2010, 2012, and 2013, GRMC was named a top rural hospital by the Leapfrog Group in its annual class of top hospitals. GRMC was one of 65 hospitals—from a field of nearly 1,200—to earn the designation.
An ambulance of the District of Columbia Fire and Emergency Medical Services Department leaving a fire station. In countries such as the United States, Japan, France, South Korea and parts of India, ambulances can be operated by the local fire or police services.
The show's technical advisor was a pioneer of paramedicine, James O. Page, [18] then a Battalion Chief responsible for the Los Angeles County Fire Department 'paramedic' program, but who would go on to help establish other paramedic programs in the U.S., and to become the founding publisher of the Journal of Emergency Medical Services. [19]
[1] The UMPERLC covers the states of Iowa and Nebraska, but also offers the majority of its training programs online through the Prepare Iowa Learning Management System, making them accessible to anyone wanting to take the courses. As of January 1, 2015, there were over 400 courses available online and more than 38,000 users of the Prepare Iowa ...
The Iowa Board of Social Welfare was founded in 1937 by the Iowa General Assembly. In 1967, it was merged with the Iowa Board of Control and Iowa Board of Parole to form the Iowa Department of Social Services. It was renamed the Iowa Department of Human Services in 1987. [1]
The Iowa Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEMD) is Iowa's equivalent to the US Department of Homeland Security. It manages disasters, grants, and programs such as 911 . [ 3 ]