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The United States EMS Compact, officially known as the Recognition of EMS Personnel Licensure Interstate CompAct (REPLICA), is an interstate compact designed to facilitate the day-to-day practice of emergency medical services personnel across state lines. The compact provides a framework for states to extend a "privilege to practice" for ...
Any provider between the levels of Emergency medical technician and Paramedic is either a form of EMT-Intermediate or an Advanced EMT. The use of the terms "EMT-Intermediate/85" and "EMT-Intermediate/99" denotes use of the NHTSA EMT-Intermediate 1985 curriculum and the EMT-Intermediate 1999 curriculum respectively.
EMS providers may also hold non-EMS credentials, including academic degrees. These are usually omitted unless they are related to the provider's job. For instance, a paramedic might not list an MBA, but a supervisor might choose to do so. The provider's credentials are separated from the person's name (and from each other) with commas.
As of 2004, the largest "Private Enterprise" provider of contract EMS services in North America was American Medical Response, [47] based in Greenwood Village, Colorado. The second-largest US EMS provider is Rural/Metro Corporation, [48] based in Scottsdale, Arizona; Rural/Metro Corporation also provides EMS services to parts of Latin America ...
Apex (/ ˈ eɪ. p ɛ k s /) is a town in Wake County, North Carolina, United States. At its southern border, Apex encompasses the community of Friendship . In 1994, the downtown area was designated a historic district, and the Apex train depot, built in 1867, is designated a Wake County landmark.
During one month each year, Hawk Ventures invites two Externs to Burke County, North Carolina to participate in an unusual collaboration of local medical resources—a community EMS system (Burke County Emergency Services), a community hospital system (Carolinas HealthCare System Blue Ridge-Morganton), a community college (Western Piedmont Community College), and an international research ...
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Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) refers to a system that enhances services provided by Public Safety Answering Point (emergency) call takers, such as municipal emergency services dispatchers. It does so by allowing the call taker to quickly narrow down the caller's type of medical or trauma situation, so as to better dispatch emergency services ...