Reduce mortality and morbidity due to emergency conditions.
2 Components of an EMS system:
1. Regulation and policy- on level and type of the EMSS design
2. Resource management- institutional, equipment standards
3. Human resources and training – level and profession of care providers for both pre and intra institutions
4. Transportation- type, design of ambulances
5. Facilities (hospitals)- different level health institutions such as primary, secondary, tertiary level, trauma centers
6. Communications - access to the system, and communication between EMS providers, public safety, and medical control. Three digit, radio communication, internet,…
7. Public information and education- continuous updating information on the system utilization, its progress, strengths, and weaknesses, expectation from the public
8. Medical oversight (physician involvement)- physician involvement on the pre hospital services
9. Trauma systems - organized network of resources and procedures for providing care to critically injured patients
10. Evaluation - quality assurance/quality improvement processes done for the improvement of the system