Commentary

Beyond the Crossroads

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The 2006 Institute of Medicine report Emergency Medical Services at the Crossoads portrayed a nationwide prehospital care system lacking not only uniform training and standards but coordination between ambulance providers, dispatch centers, and hospital emergency departments.


 

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