Emergency Medical Services

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Warning signs to report to the physician or emergency medical services include chest squeezing, burning, or pain jaw pain pain radiation down the arm bleeding and loss of consciousness. 

Sidell, F.R. Medical Management of Chemical Warfare Agent Casualties A Handbook for Emergency Medical Services. Bel Air, MD HB Publishing, 1995. 

The likelihood of a successful resuscitation outcome is enhanced if each of four critical elements in the chain of survival is implemented promptly (1) early recognition of the emergency and activation of emergency medical services (2) early bystander basic life support and CPR (3) early delivery of a shock with a defibrillator and (4) early ACLS followed by resuscitation care delivered by healthcare professionals. 

Strength ACEMS (Aiken County Emergency Medical Services) personnel experienced no injuries during the response. 

Once good information is available on the offending agent(s), this information shall be relayed to emergency medical services personnel and hospitals. 

If you are a first responder, HMRT member, firefighter, police officer, or emergency medical service person called to an incident, any incident, remember the following information about biological incidents. Except in unusual circumstances, you can t see a biological agent they are odorless, colorless, and tasteless. There is a delay in incubation even the much feared ebola fever which has a moderate transmissibility from person to person... 

Medical Management Victims may have a feverish respiratory syndrome without chest x-ray abnormalities, and diagnosis is usually clinical. Medical and emergency medical services personnel should be aware of and should report any number of victims showing up within a limited amount of time presenting typical symptoms and instances of SEB pulmonary exposure as being indicative of being an intentional attack with SEB toxin. 

On September 11, 2001, nineteen Arab terrorists stole four airliners from three different airports and killed over three thousand victims at the World Trade Center in the financial district of New York City, and the U.S. Military Headquarters at the Pentagon just outside our nation s Capital. Among the dead, were over 400 firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical service technicians and paramedics. Our first responders have definitely become terrorist targets. These Americans and others were basically killed... 

Hazardous substances--Accidents--Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Biological weapons--Safety measures—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Chemical weapons—Safety measures—Handbooks, manuals, etc. 4. Emergency medical services—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Cashman, John R. Emergency response to chemical and biological agents. II. Title. 

Each biological agent chapter has a Response on Scene by First Responders section that includes Caution, Field First Aid, Drugs, Antibiotics, Medical Management, Fire, Personal Protection, Spill/Feak Control, Symptoms, and Vaccines. Also, spread over other chapters, will include basic duties of various first responders including Fire Departments, Emergency Medical Services, Law Enforcement, and Hazardous Materials Response Teams. 

Training of emergency responders (firefighters, police, and emergency medical services) for responding to weapons of mass destruction should emphasize critical concepts for self-preservation and effective casualty management. Training should include both classroom instructions on basic concepts and principles, hands-on demonstrations of required skills, and drills to reinforce basic procedures. The recommended topics to be covered include ... 

One means of addressing civil unrest is to develop a menu approach for joint action between law enforcement and fire/emergency medical service (EMS) agencies. A list of strategies that a community may adopt as is, or interchange as needed, is compiled. Even with this approach, joint action between police and fire personnel may not be the best strategy to control a particular situation. (In some circumstances, allowing the crisis to run its course may be the best policy.)... 

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Functions required to provide urgent medical care for ill or injured patients, such as communications, transportation, medical personnel and/or administration. 

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