Goals of EMSS

Goals of EMSS

Reduce mortality and morbidity due to emergency conditions.

Components of an EMS System

1. Regulation and policy- on level and type of the EMSS design
   
2. Resource management- institutional, equipment standards
   
3. Human resources and training - level and profession of care providers for both pre and intra institutions
   
4. Transportation- type, design of ambulances
   
5. Facilities (hospitals)- different level health institutions such as primary, secondary, tertiary level, trauma centers
   
6. Communications - access to the system, and communication between EMS providers, public safety, and medical control. Three digit, radio communication, internet,...
   
7. Public information and education- continuous updating information on the system utilization, its progress, strengths, and weaknesses, expectation from the public
   
8. Medical oversight (physician involvement)- physician involvement on the pre hospital services
   
9. Trauma systems - organized network of resources and procedures for providing care to critically injured patients
   
10. Evaluation - quality assurance/quality improvement processes done for the improvement of the system