Unit VIII Essay 2(PFES)

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Unit VIII Essay II

EMS

Within each community, EMS is a vital function as a pre-hospital part of the overall health system. In today’s emergency services, EMS represents anywhere from 60 to more than 80% of responses. For this two-page essay, you need to research the history of EMS within your community and how it has changed and grown over the last several decades. Some questions to be answered in this essay include the following:

 Describe the beginnings of EMS in your community, and discuss how it has grown.

 What does the current EMS system look like today?

 Who provides the EMS service, and is it efficient?

 What do you see are the immediate challenges faced by EMS as we move into community-based EMS with the advent of the Affordable Health Care Act?

All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style. Your paper should include a title page and should include a separate reference page.

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Running Head: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM
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Emergency Medical Service
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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE SYSTEM

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Emergency medical services (EMS) emerged in between 1960 and 1973 due to an
increase in some medical, historical and social forces. Public advocates acknowledged these
forces and their limitations to work to modify the system into one that provides uniformly highquality acute care to all patients. The program improves health care through injury control and
disease preventions programs. The process of emergency medical services has been slow. More
structured emergency medical services developed when medical historical and social forces
converged. The troops affected the structure of EMS system which has resulted in profound
public health implications today. In our community, the EMS has a positive impact on society
members as it has helped to care and to give protection skills. The EMS orga...


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