Health / First Aid / Prehospital: The type of medical care provided at the scene of a medical emergency. Assumes the ultimate goal of emergency medical services is to transport the victim to the hospital.
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Health / First Aid / Ambulance: A vehicle used to transport sick or injured people with medical needs. A prehospital emergency medical services provider tends to the sick or injured occupant during transportation. Ambulances can be MORE
Health / First Aid / Basic Life Support: A level of medical care provided by prehospital emergency medical services. Basic life support consists of essential non-invasive life-saving procedures, such as CPR, bleeding control, splinting broke MORE
Health / First Aid / Advanced Life Support: A level of care provided by prehospital emergency medical services. Advanced life support consists of invasive life-saving procedures including the placement of advanced airway adjuncts, intravenous i MORE
Health / First Aid / Emergency Medical Services: Any part of a system designed to respond to medical emergencies and provide prehospital or in-hospital treatment. Often refers to ambulances and first responders, though emergency medical services (EM MORE