Emergency Medical Services

"Emergency Medical Services" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Services specifically designed, staffed, and equipped for the emergency care of patients.

Descriptor ID	D004632
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.297
Concept/Terms	Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Services Emergency Services, Medical Emergency Service, Medical Medical Emergency Service Medical Emergency Services Service, Medical Emergency Services, Medical Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Emergency Medical Service Medical Service, Emergency Service, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Prehospital Emergency Care Prehospital Emergency Care Emergency Care, Prehospital Emergicenters Emergicenters Emergicenter Emergency Care Emergency Care Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Service Health Service, Emergency Health Services, Emergency Service, Emergency Health Services, Emergency Health

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Emergency Medical Services".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Emergency Medical Services".

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Emergency Medical Services" by people in this website by year, and whether "Emergency Medical Services" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 189 publications over 29 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1
1998	0	1	1
2000	2	2	4
2001	1	1	2
2002	5	3	8
2003	4	0	4
2004	5	1	6
2005	1	1	2
2006	2	1	3
2007	5	1	6
2008	5	0	5
2009	4	4	8
2010	4	4	8
2011	3	0	3
2012	6	2	8
2013	8	1	9
2014	9	2	11
2015	5	4	9
2016	6	2	8
2017	9	2	11
2018	8	2	10
2019	8	2	10
2020	11	2	13
2021	11	1	12
2022	8	1	9
2023	5	0	5
2024	5	3	8
2025	4	0	4

Below are the most recent publications written about "Emergency Medical Services" by people in Profiles.

Bettano A, Ficks R, Gonzales G, Blackburn M, Suzuki J, Chai PR, Bernson D, Goldfine C, Burstein JL. Alcohol-related encounter surveillance using emergency medical service records in Massachusetts, 2013-2023. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2025 Oct 01; 275:112819.

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Rettger B, Chapman BP, Krotulski A, Gigliotti R, Polackal J, Olabisi D, Nguyen J, Cotoni B, Hunter M, Merchant RC, Walton S, Logan BK, Martinez PM, Weisberg SN, Broach JP, Babu KM. Identifying the Local Emergence of Medetomidine Through Prehospital Collaborations. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):338-342.

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Broach JP, Rettger B, Gigliotti R, Chapman BP, Joseph J, Smiley A, Hunter M, Soucie N, Gross K, Babu KM, Weisberg SN. Creating Opioid Response Specialists: A Harm Reduction Initiative. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):540-545.

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Schneider R, Broach J, Hunter M, Macnow T. Physician as Good Samaritan: A Clinical Review of Responding to Motor Vehicle Collisions in the Community. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2025 Apr 01; 41(4):318-327.

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Shekhar AC, Childers MK, Abbott EE, Kimbrell J, Coute RA, Mader TJ, Mann NC, Madhok M. Infant out-of-hospital cardiac arrest during nights and weekends. Am J Emerg Med. 2024 08; 82:1-3.

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Hinson HE, Radabaugh HL, Li N, Fukuda T, Pollock J, Schreiber M, Rowell S, Ferguson AR. Predicting Progression of Intracranial Hemorrhage in the Prehospital TXA for TBI Trial. J Neurotrauma. 2024 10; 41(19-20):2349-2361.

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O'Connor L, Zamani S, Ding X, McGeorge N, Latiff S, Liu C, Acevedo Herman J, LoConte M, Milsten A, Weiner M, Boardman T, Reznek M, Hall M, Broach JP. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of Augmented Reality Just-in-Time Guidance for the Performance of Rugged Field Procedures. Prehosp Disaster Med. 2024 06; 39(3):257-265.

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O'Connor L, Behar S, Refuerzo J, Mele X, Sundling E, Johnson SA, Faro JM, Lindenauer PK, Mattocks KM. Factors Impacting the Implementation of Mobile Integrated Health Programs for the Acute Care of Older Adults. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024; 28(8):1037-1045.

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Coute RA, Nathanson BH, Shekhar AC, White CN, Kurz MC, Jackson EA, Mader TJ. The Public Health and Economic Impact of Drug Overdose Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the United States. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2025; 29(4):325-331.

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Smida T, Crowe R, Jarvis J, Ratcliff T, Goebel M. Retrospective Comparison of Upper and Lower Extremity Intraosseous Access During Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2024; 28(6):779-786.

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