Current challenges in the provision of ambulance services in New Zealand

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in New Zealand has been serving the society since the first ambulance in 1892. Since then it has developed rapidly following national health system reforms and changes in lifestyle that increase demands and expectations from local communities. Today, the system provi...

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Autor principal: Al-Shaqsi, Sultan
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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State of International EM
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21373286
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-010-0239-z
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description Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in New Zealand has been serving the society since the first ambulance in 1892. Since then it has developed rapidly following national health system reforms and changes in lifestyle that increase demands and expectations from local communities. Today, the system provides high-quality pre-hospital emergency care. This article will briefly introduce some of the issues facing EMS that will impact the future of this crucial system in New Zealand. These issues include demands because of an aging population funding, double crewing, and volunteerism, registration, and unified standards.
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spelling pubmed-30478872011-03-03 Current challenges in the provision of ambulance services in New Zealand Al-Shaqsi, Sultan Int J Emerg Med State of International EM Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in New Zealand has been serving the society since the first ambulance in 1892. Since then it has developed rapidly following national health system reforms and changes in lifestyle that increase demands and expectations from local communities. Today, the system provides high-quality pre-hospital emergency care. This article will briefly introduce some of the issues facing EMS that will impact the future of this crucial system in New Zealand. These issues include demands because of an aging population funding, double crewing, and volunteerism, registration, and unified standards. Springer-Verlag 2010-11-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3047887/ /pubmed/21373286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12245-010-0239-z Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
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title_full Current challenges in the provision of ambulance services in New Zealand
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title_short Current challenges in the provision of ambulance services in New Zealand
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3047887/
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