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  2. Ambulance - Wikipedia

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    A Ford E-Series ambulance with its emergency lights on in Boston An NHS ambulance in south-west London. An ambulance is a medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to treatment facilities, such as hospitals. [1] Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport.

  3. Emergency medical services - Wikipedia

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    Many countries employ ambulance staff who only carry out non-emergency patient transport duties (which can include stretcher or wheelchair cases). Dependent on the provider (and resources available), they may be trained in first aid or extended skills such as use of an AED, oxygen therapy, pain relief and other live-saving or palliative skills ...

  4. Emergency medical responder - Wikipedia

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    Emergency medical responders (EMRs) are people who are specially trained to provide out-of-hospital care in medical emergencies, typically before the arrival of an ambulance. Specifically used, an emergency medical responder is an EMS certification level used to describe a level of EMS provider below that of an emergency medical technician and ...

  5. Community first responder - Wikipedia

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    A Community first responder (CFR), is a person available to be dispatched by an ambulance control centre to attend medical emergencies in their local area. They can be members of the public, who have received training in life-saving interventions such as defibrillation, off duty paramedics, nurses or medical doctors, or indeed professionals from a non-medical discipline who may be nearby or ...

  6. New York City Fire Department Bureau of EMS - Wikipedia

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    FDNY EMS controls the operation of all ambulances in the New York City 911 System. 65% of the ambulances in the 911 system are FDNY EMS municipal units while the remaining 35% of 911 system coverage is provided by hospital-based units known as Voluntary Hospital Ambulances, which are staffed by paid hospital personnel who work in partnership ...

  7. Rescue squad - Wikipedia

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    A rescue squad ambulance operated by Blacksburg Volunteer Rescue Squad in 2012. A rescue squad is an emergency service that provides technical rescue services, and may additionally provide emergency medical services and firefighting services. [1]

  8. Paramedic - Wikipedia

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    Not all ambulance personnel are paramedics, although the term is sometimes used informally to refer to any ambulance personnel. In some English-speaking countries, there is an official distinction between paramedics and emergency medical technicians (or emergency care assistants ), in which paramedics have additional educational requirements ...

  9. Emergency medical technician - Wikipedia

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    An emergency medical technician (often, more simply, EMT) is a medical professional that provides emergency medical services. [1] [2] EMTs are most commonly found serving on ambulances and in fire departments in the US and Canada, as full-time and some part-time departments require their firefighters to at least be EMT certified.