Every Second Counts : Saving Lives with India's Emergency Response System /
How a public-private partnership led to the largest emergency response system in the world. Emergency medical response systems are a critical component of any nation's healthcare system. Minutes or even seconds can mean the difference between life or death. Every Second Counts tells the inspiri...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2018
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface : role of emergency response systems in universal health care coverage
- Introduction : why a book on the Emergency Management and Research Institute?
- Changing the face of emergency services in India
- The dream behind the dream
- The dream comes true
- The process : moments of truth
- Integration with the police and fire departments
- Specialized ambulance services : childbirth and cardiac emergencies
- Health management and research institute
- The role and support of the government
- Research, part 1 : operations and systems research
- Research, part 2 : medical education and clinical research
- Expansion and future challenges
- Impact and evaluation
- Global lessons.