How Emergency Medical System works???

 

How does an EMS system work?

 What are the basic key elements or parts of the emergency system at a place?

What amount of work, they can do?

How are they so efficient?

What are the problems they face?

Well we got the questions if any of these questions is that you want to know about then we will be getting to know about just that!!!

The American EMS or the so-called Emergency Medical System has 15 parts or sections. So, it’s not that simple that you call 911 and just a conventional ambulance comes to pick you up. Yes, an ambulance comes but it is more complicated than it looks like.

Not only America other countries like the UK all have very advanced and sophisticated EmS System

Parts of the ems systems and some details about them:

1.     MANPOWER- So, the vehicles that we call when we find someone fainted or having a medical emergency is an ambulance or we call a number that will provide us one. Till today ambulances the nice conventional great one contains people(until robots takeover that). Those people are the manpower of any Emergency Medical Services.

Those people are heavily trained to deal with various kinds of medical emergency situations and to even treat a few not very serious ones.

There are basically 4 levels of licensed medical care providers in any kind of EMS system. Each type of provider must master a minimum set of psychomotor skills.

a)      Emergency medical responders are usually first on the scene of a medical emergency. They are trained to perform CPR, spine immobilization, hemorrhage control, use of an automated external defibrillator, and other basic interventions while awaiting an ambulance. What did you think I said its much more complex than just an ambulance coming that we see in movies J.

b)    Emergency medical technicians function as part of an ambulance crew and are trained to take care of immediate life threats. Skills include oxygen administration; CPR; hemorrhage control; and patient extrication, immobilization, and transportation. They are also trained to assist patients in using some of their own medications and can administer to patients certain over-the-counter medications under medical oversight.

c)      Advanced emergency medical technician training includes additional assessment skills plus IV insertion, use of esophageal-tracheal multi-lumen airway devices, and administration of certain medications.

d)     Paramedics have the highest skill level, with greater training and a broader scope of practice than advanced emergency medical technicians. Because of their advanced level of training, paramedics function under a designated physician’s medical license.

 

2.     TRAINING

 

Training includes initial provider training and continuing education. As EMS call volume increases, providers often care for a disproportionate number of patients with minor medical issues. Maintaining proficiency in skills needed to manage critically ill patients may be difficult. Innovative training methods to ensure skills retention must be sought. Use of computerized human patient simulators is one option, both for reviewing skills and learning new ones.


I know there are more parts to an EMS but because of the post being too long and boring I will be posting all the parts in a combination of blogs. So, until then stay safe and healthy

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