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EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE [1 record]

Record 1 2013-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Emergency Management
DEF

Ambulance services that are dedicated to providing out-of-hospital emergency medical care to sick or injured patients and transporting them to the hospital.

OBS

emergency medical services; EMS; prehospital medical care services: terms, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • emergency medical service
  • prehospital medical care service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Services ambulanciers qui sont consacrés à la prestation, ailleurs qu'à l'hôpital, de soins médicaux d'urgence aux personnes blessées ou malades, ainsi qu'à leur transport à l'hôpital.

OBS

services médicaux d'urgence; SMU; services préhospitaliers d'urgence : termes, abréviation et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • service médical d'urgence
  • service préhospitalier d'urgence

Spanish

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