Articles: emergency-medical-services.
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In a retrospective study first-aid measures taken in 939 individuals who had died from accidents and the means of transport were investigated. At the scene of accident, emergency medical technicians have been and will in future be the ones to take first measures (43%). Physicians (22%) and untrained persons (20%) alike have been found to attend to victims at about the same frequency. ⋯ In view of the above situation it is, therefore, urged that first-aid training of laymen be organized on a broad scale and that all possibilities of providing instruction be exploited. Emergency medical technicians should receive well-founded and goal-oriented training enabling them to master the outlined complications. Since adequate first-aid care from other physicians has not been available, there is a need to enlist increasingly the services of specially trained emergency ambulance physicians.
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British medical journal · Sep 1975
Moorgate tube train disaster. Part 1-Response of medical services.
Experience of the medical staff at a major subterranean accident scene showed that there appeared to be a substantial advantage in using site medical teams that could offer anaesthetic facilities. The need for adequate communication from the accident site to the hospital is emphasized.