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The Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (PEMS) provides emergency medical services and medically directed rescue services for the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is a bureau of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), along with the Bureaus of Police, Administration, Fire, and Animal Care and Control.
In the early 1990s, Dr. Winter, as Chairman of the Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, realized the importance of establishing a simulation center for training Department personnel. The simulator obtained for this purpose, essentially the only one available at the time, came at the high cost of over $250,000.
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. [1] [2] Founded in 1967 to serve the predominantly black Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it was staffed entirely by African Americans.
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Education is key: More than 90% of adults trained in any form of emergency response are willing to act during a medical crisis while waiting for EMS professionals to arrive, notes Matthew J. Levy ...
The Pittsburgh Bureau of Police is part of the Pittsburgh Department of Public Safety, along with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire and Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services (PEMS). It is headed by Chief Larry Scirotto appointed by Mayor Ed Gainey. The Chief of Police is the top law enforcement agent of the city of Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh Bureau of Emergency Medical Services; S. Sacramento Fire Department; ... Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Medical Services; Voluntary ambulance
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