There is an emergency every day in the world, it could be a terrible car accident with many injuries, a heart attack, or as little as someone needing to be transported from their home to the hospital. In all of these cases the lives of people are needed to be taken care of as quickly as possible. Emergency Medical Services, also known as EMS, are the first responders that take care of the people who need emergency care ("What is EMS?"). Paramedics, EMTs, firefighters, and even police officers are all trained in basic life skills that is required to help their community.
Emergency Medical Services is a system that coordinates and responds to emergencies, within this system there are many different types of roles that are used to help come to the same goal of saving the patient’s life; the picture above is a flow chart shows the EMS system ("What is EMS?"). The following roles play an important part in the EMS system: Agencies and organizations that are either …show more content…
They have to have a quick reaction, and be able to adapt to high stressful emergency scenes ("EMTs and Paramedics."). When arriving to a scene, paramedics and EMTs are the ones who decide which individuals are the most critical and are in need of immediate attention. Paramedics and EMTs are trained in basic lifesaving care, this includes but does not limit the control of bleeding wounds, keeping the airway open and maintaining the open airway, splinting and making sure broken bones are stable, and administering any necessary drugs (Franks, Patricia E., Nona Kocher, and Susan Chapman). In addition to being trained in basic lifesaving skills, paramedics also get involved with the communication through dispatch, hospitals and hospital staff, and they can act as duty manager’s ad clinicians ("Types of
Emergency Medical Services is a system that coordinates and responds to emergencies, within this system there are many different types of roles that are used to help come to the same goal of saving the patient’s life; the picture above is a flow chart shows the EMS system ("What is EMS?"). The following roles play an important part in the EMS system: Agencies and organizations that are either …show more content…
They have to have a quick reaction, and be able to adapt to high stressful emergency scenes ("EMTs and Paramedics."). When arriving to a scene, paramedics and EMTs are the ones who decide which individuals are the most critical and are in need of immediate attention. Paramedics and EMTs are trained in basic lifesaving care, this includes but does not limit the control of bleeding wounds, keeping the airway open and maintaining the open airway, splinting and making sure broken bones are stable, and administering any necessary drugs (Franks, Patricia E., Nona Kocher, and Susan Chapman). In addition to being trained in basic lifesaving skills, paramedics also get involved with the communication through dispatch, hospitals and hospital staff, and they can act as duty manager’s ad clinicians ("Types of