Emergency Medicine

Emergency defines the potential provision of rapid and effective Medical Nursing Care, in situations where life is threatened. Emergency medicine is defined as the branch of Medicine that operates within an organized EMS. Emergency Medicine System (EMS) is defined as the organized set of provision of immediate pre-hospital, in-hospital and inter-hospital care. Objectives of Emergency Medicine are the provision of an integrated system of pre-hospital, in-hospital and inter-hospital emergency care; improving the quality of emergency medical care; reduction of mortality, morbidity and disability related to injury and sudden illness. Collection of epidemiological data related to accident prevention and health promotion.