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EMS
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ems Ems EMs
English
en <dab!>
Etymology
en abbreviations Abbreviation.
Noun
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en Q860447 en US paramedical medicine en emergency medical service or emergency medical services an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
en 2014 w:Emily St. John Mandel w:Station Eleven Picador (2022) 10 “Training to be a paramedic.”“EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?”“I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.”
en Sonia Moghe EMS workers expected to keep working after coronavirus exposure w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/ems-workers-covid-19-exposure 2020-03-21 But EMS workers present a unique problem over other health care workers who are based in hospitals and clinics, they often are coming into people’s homes, Barzilay said, adding that they often respond to calls from the elderly or immunocompromised. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121165225/https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/21/us/ems-workers-covid-19-exposure/ 21 November 2020
en medicine en electrical muscle stimulation.
en medicine en encephalomyosynangiosis.
en pathology en w:eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
en business en w:express mail express mail service a type of international express mail services.
en business en electronics manufacturing service a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
en historical computing en w:Expanded Memory Specification.
en w:environmental management system.
en w:electromagnetic suspension
Related terms
paramedical or medical en EMT Q1497094, en emergency medical technician Q1497094, en EMR Q17002970 emergency medical responder, en EM Q2861470, en emergency medicine Q2861470
computing en XMS, en EMM, en XMM
See also
computing en UMA, en UMB, en HMA
Anagrams
en ems MES MEs MSE SEM SME Sem mes mes- sem
French
Noun
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fr établissement médico-social
Spanish
Etymology
es :bor en:EMS<t:emergency medical service> + 1
Noun
m
servicio médico de emergencia; en EMS
es Alexandra Meeks, Christina Maxouris En medio de un devastador repunte de covid-19, ambulancias de Los Ángeles no llevarán pacientes con pocas posibilidades de sobrevivir w:CNN en Español https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2021/01/05/en-medio-de-un-devastador-repunte-de-covid-19-ambulancias-de-los-angeles-no-llevaran-pacientes-con-pocas-posibilidades-de-sobrevivir 2021-01-05 Los pacientes cuyos corazones se detuvieron a pesar de los esfuerzos de reanimación, dijo el EMS del condado, ya no deberían ser transportados a los hospitales. https://web.archive.org/web/20251229025054/https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/2021/01/05/en-medio-de-un-devastador-repunte-de-covid-19-ambulancias-de-los-angeles-no-llevaran-pacientes-con-pocas-posibilidades-de-sobrevivir 29 December 2025