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Wisdom Emergency Medical Services
By designing new ways to deliver healthcare, whether in emergency situations or supplementing the home health care organizations, we are steadfastly patient focused and customer centered.
Our commitment as healthcare providers is to keep abreast of the latest medical procedures and practices for our patients and by inventing new technologies to help our customers meet their objectives.
Our EMS fleet is made up of 8 ambulances for emergency response and 11 para-transit vehicles for non-medical needs under the medical direction of a hospital based physician adviser. EMS response is part of the central dispatch system that provides advance life support in conjunction with other emergency agencies.
As a hospital EMS division, with a 4 million annual working budget, the Wisdom EMS community continues to recruit experienced paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMT) to the rural community. Known for extensive support with continued education opportunities, competitive pay, and extensive community confidence, the Wisdom EMS community has designed the EMS template for rural communities.
EMS does not exist in isolation, but is integrated with other services and systems intended to maintain and enhance the community's health and safety. As seen in the graphic below, EMS operates at the crossroads between health care, public health and public safety.
A combination of the principles and resources of each is employed in EMS systems. Since EMS providers work in the community, they are often the first to identify public health problems and issues. The emergence of significant health problems is often heralded by its arrival in the Emergency Department and it arrives via EMS. Since EMS providers respond to all kinds of emergencies and all kinds of hazards, they often work shoulder-to-shoulder with public safety colleagues in law enforcement and fire services. But their primary mission is emergency medical care.
The organizational structure of EMS, as well as who provides and finances the services, varies significantly from community to community. Prehospital services can be based in a fire department, a hospital, an independent government agency (i.e., public health agency), a non-profit corporation (e.g., Rescue Squad) or be provided for by commercial for-profit companies. But, regardless of provider, the essential components of an EMS System remain the same.
Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is a system that provides emergency medical care. Once it is activated by an incident that causes serious illness or injury, the focus of EMS is emergency medical care of the patient(s).
EMS is most easily recognized when emergency vehicles or helicopters are seen responding to emergency incidents. But EMS is much more than a ride to the hospital. It is a system of coordinated response and emergency medical care, involving multiple people and agencies. A comprehensive EMS system is ready every day for every kind of emergency.
EMS is an intricate system, and each component of this system has an essential role to perform as part of a coordinated and seamless system of emergency medical care.
Trauma systems, hospitals, trauma centers, and specialty care centers
Rehabilitation facilities
Highly trained professionals
Volunteer and career hospital personnel
Physicians, nurses, and therapists
Administrators and government officials
An informed public that knows what to do in a medical emergency
Partners
