The SARS outbreak strained Toronto Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which worked 40 stations evenly divided among the city's four quadrants.
What does EMS stand for?
EMS stands for Emergency Medical Service(s)
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Samples in periodicals archive:
On May 23, 2003, the Aherns received the first annual Moore Medical Valor Award, given to heroic emergency medical service (EMS) personnel by the Connecticut-based Moore Medical Corporation.
The great need is for deploying antibiotics in an expeditious way to thousands, presumably by using regional care sites and the thousands of physicians' offices; 3,000 emergency medical service providers could be available to assist, but the mainstay of care in any large epidemic would come from the private sector.