Medical directorA medical director is a physician who provides guidance and leadership on the use of medicine in a healthcare organization. These include the emergency medical services, hospital departments, blood banks, clinical teaching services and others. A medical director devises the protocols and guidelines for the clinical staff and evaluates them while they are in use. The role of a medical director in the emergency medical services (EMS) varies by which type of system is in use.
Maître-nageur sauveteurUn maître-nageur sauveteur, aussi nommé nageur sauveteur ou sauveteur, est une personne formée au sauvetage aquatique, c'est-à-dire à la sécurité des baigneurs dans les espaces aquatiques tels que les piscines, les plages et les parcs aquatiques. Les tâches d'un maître-nageur sauveteur comprennent la surveillance de l'eau pour détecter tout danger potentiel, la prévention des accidents, le sauvetage de personnes en difficulté et la réalisation de premiers secours en cas d'urgence.
Répartiteur de services d'urgenceA dispatcher is a communications worker who receives and transmits information to coordinate operations of other personnel and vehicles carrying out a service. A number of organizations, including police and fire departments, emergency medical services, motorcycle couriers, taxicab providers, trucking companies, railroads, and public utility companies, use dispatchers to relay information, direct personnel, and coordinate their operations.
Évacuation sanitairethumb|right|Hélicoptère Bell 47 (H-13G) de l'US Army en Corée du Sud dans les années 1950. Durant la guerre de Corée, on vit la première utilisation intensive de ces ambulances volantes. Une évacuation sanitaire ou médicale, abrégé en evasan ou medevac, est l'extraction par une unité aérienne (hélicoptère, avion), terrestre (ambulance) ou navale d'une personne souffrant d'un problème de santé. Le terme est essentiellement utilisé dans le cadre militaire.
Battlefield medicineBattlefield medicine, also called field surgery and later combat casualty care, is the treatment of wounded combatants and non-combatants in or near an area of combat. Civilian medicine has been greatly advanced by procedures that were first developed to treat the wounds inflicted during combat. With the advent of advanced procedures and medical technology, even polytrauma can be survivable in modern wars. Battlefield medicine is a category of military medicine.
Emergency medical services in FranceEmergency medical services in France are provided by a mix of organizations under public health control. The central organizations that provide these services are known as a SAMU, which stands for Service d’aide médicale urgente (Urgent Medical Aid Service). Local SAMU organisations operate the control rooms that answer emergency calls and dispatch medical responders. They also operate the SMUR (Service mobile d’urgence et réanimation – Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service), which refers to the ambulances and response vehicles that provide advanced medical care.
Liste des services d'ambulance au Royaume-UniEmergency medical services in the United Kingdom provide emergency care to people with acute illness or injury and are predominantly provided free at the point of use by the four National Health Services (NHS) of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Emergency care including ambulance and emergency department treatment is only free to UK residents and a charge may be made to those not entitled to free NHS care.
Emergency medical dispatcherAn emergency medical dispatcher is a professional telecommunicator, tasked with the gathering of information related to medical emergencies, the provision of assistance and instructions by voice, prior to the arrival of emergency medical services (EMS), and the dispatching and support of EMS resources responding to an emergency call. The term "emergency medical dispatcher" is also a certification level and a professional designation, certified through the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International (APCO) and the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch.
Hôpital de campagnevignette|Hôpital de campagne des forces des États-Unis durant la bataille de Guadalcanal en 1942 ; les patients souffrent de la malaria. thumb|Poste médical avancé lors de la Lake Sensation 2009 à Genève Un hôpital de campagne est un établissement de soins provisoire, mis en place en cas de catastrophe, à proximité d'une zone de combat ou encore lors d'importantes manifestations populaires. On parle aussi de poste médical avancé ou PMA.
Capnographiethumb|Détail d'une capnographie (expiration puis inspiration). La capnographie est le tracé de la concentration de dans l'air expiré par un patient. La présence de dans l'air expiré sur plusieurs respirations par un patient venant d'être intubé est une preuve fiable de la présence du tube endotrachéal dans la trachée. Une courbe de capnographie normale augmente rapidement en début d'expiration pour atteindre un plateau à environ 40 mmHg de . Au début de l'inspiration, le niveau de chute rapidement à 0 mmHg puisque l'inspiration fait passer du gaz frais dans le capteur.
