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  2. Emergency medical services in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Freedom House Ambulance Service was the first emergency medical service in the United States to be staffed by paramedics with medical training beyond basic first aid. [24] In the late 1960s, Dr. R Adams Cowley was instrumental in the creation of the country's first statewide EMS program, in Maryland. The system was called the Division of ...

  3. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    A New South Wales Ambulance emergency medical services unit responding to a call for service. Emergency medical services ( EMS ), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. [1]

  4. Community Health Systems - Wikipedia

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    Community Health Systems (CHS) is a Fortune 500 company based in Franklin, Tennessee. It was the largest provider of general hospital healthcare services in the United States in terms of number of acute care facilities.

  5. Fort Worth City Council votes to approve transition to fire ...

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    The Fort Worth City Council voted Tuesday to approve the transition from MedStar ambulance service to fire department-based EMS.. MedStar has been the sole ambulance provider for Fort Worth and ...

  6. Contra Costa County seeks solutions for ambulance shortage

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    CONCORD, Calif. - Contra Costa County officials are looking for ways to improve emergency medical services. A shortage of ambulances, long hospital wait times, and difficulty hiring and retaining ...

  7. State EMS system 'close to collapsing' without funding ...

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    An EMS crisis may be unfolding right in front of us. "This system is damn close to collapsing," said the chief of Montclair Ambulance Unit James Mazza in describing the current state of EMS in New ...

  8. Emergency medical responder levels by U.S. state - Wikipedia

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    Emergency Medical Technician II (EMT-II) (Analogous to EMT-I/85) Emergency Medical Technician III (EMT-III) (Analogous to AEMT/85) Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) (Established in 2015, follows and is certified via the NREMT testing process) Mobile Intensive Care Paramedic (MICP) (Analogous to Paramedic via NREMT)

  9. Air Methods - Wikipedia

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    Air Methods Corporation is an American privately owned helicopter operator. The air medical division provides emergency medical services to over 100,000 patients every year. It operates in 48 states with air medical as its primary business focus [citation needed]. Its corporate headquarters are located in the Denver Technological Center ...