TY - JOUR
T1 - EMS agenda for the future
T2 - Where we are .. where we want to be
AU - Delbridge, T. R.
AU - Bailey, B.
AU - Chew, J. L.
AU - Conn, A. K.
AU - Krakeel, J. J.
AU - Manz, D.
AU - Miller, D. R.
AU - O'Malley, P. J.
AU - Ryan, S. D.
AU - Spaite, D. W.
AU - Stewart, R. D.
AU - Suter, R. E.
AU - Wilson, E. M.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - During the past 30 years, emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States have experienced explosive growth. The American health care system is now transforming, providing an opportune time to examine what we have learned over the past three decades in order to create a vision for the future of EMS. Over the course of several months, a multidisciplinary steering committee collaborated with hundreds of EMS-interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to develop the EMS Agenda for the Future. Fourteen EMS attributes were identified as requiring continued development in order to realize the vision established within the Agenda. They are integration of health services, EMS research, legislation and regulation, system finance, human resources, medical direction, education systems, public education, prevention, public access, communication systems, clinical care, information systems, and evaluation. Discussion of these attributes provides important guidance for achieving a vision for the future of EMS that emphasizes its critical role in American health care.
AB - During the past 30 years, emergency medical services (EMS) in the United States have experienced explosive growth. The American health care system is now transforming, providing an opportune time to examine what we have learned over the past three decades in order to create a vision for the future of EMS. Over the course of several months, a multidisciplinary steering committee collaborated with hundreds of EMS-interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to develop the EMS Agenda for the Future. Fourteen EMS attributes were identified as requiring continued development in order to realize the vision established within the Agenda. They are integration of health services, EMS research, legislation and regulation, system finance, human resources, medical direction, education systems, public education, prevention, public access, communication systems, clinical care, information systems, and evaluation. Discussion of these attributes provides important guidance for achieving a vision for the future of EMS that emphasizes its critical role in American health care.
KW - EMS Agenda for the Future
KW - community health
KW - emergency medical services
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U2 - 10.1080/10903129808958832
DO - 10.1080/10903129808958832
M3 - Article
C2 - 9737400
AN - SCOPUS:0031615822
SN - 1090-3127
VL - 2
SP - 1
EP - 12
JO - Prehospital Emergency Care
JF - Prehospital Emergency Care
IS - 1
ER -