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Emergency Medicine & First Aid vocabulary · Ambulance and Prehospital Care

EMS

Meaning in emergency medicine & first aid, with examples

/ˌiː em ˈes/abbreviationCommon term

In emergency medicine & first aid, EMS means: Short for emergency medical services: the system of ambulances, staff and call centres that gives urgent medical care outside hospital.

In Turkish: acil sağlık hizmetleri, 112 acil sağlık hizmetleri

How it is used

Common in the US and in international research: EMS providers, EMS crews, EMS systems. British English usually says 'the ambulance service'. Related terms are 'prehospital care' and 'out-of-hospital care'.

Example sentences

  1. EMS arrived eight minutes after the call.

  2. She has worked in EMS for over a decade.

Common collocations

  • EMS crew
  • EMS system
  • call EMS
  • EMS provider
  • ambulanceA vehicle with medical equipment and trained staff that treats sick or injured people at the scene and on the way to hospital, and takes them there.
  • paramedicA trained health professional who works mainly on ambulances, assessing and treating patients at the scene and on the way to hospital.
  • EMTShort for emergency medical technician: a trained ambulance worker who gives basic emergency care, one level below a paramedic in most US systems.
  • first responderA person trained to reach an emergency quickly and give early care before or alongside the ambulance, such as a police officer, firefighter, lifeguard or volunteer.

More terms: Ambulance and Prehospital Care

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