Wilderness Emergency Medical Services Systems

作者：Millin Michael G^*; Hawkins Seth C

来源：Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America, 2017, 35(2): 377-+.

DOI：10.1016/j.emc.2016.12.001

• Wilderness
• Emergency medical services
• Medical direction

Wilderness emergency medical services (WEMS) are designed to provide high quality health care in wilderness environments. A WEMS program should have oversight by a qualified physician responsible for protocol development, education, and quality improvement. The director is also ideally fully trained as a member of that wilderness rescue program, supporting the team with real-time patient care. WEMS providers function with scopes of practice approved by the local medical director and regulatory authority. With a focus on providing quality patient care, it is time for the evolution of WEMS as an integrated element of a local emergency response system.

• 出版日期2017-5