دورية أكاديمية
Tactical emergency medical support programs: a comprehensive statewide survey.
| العنوان: | Tactical emergency medical support programs: a comprehensive statewide survey. |
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| المؤلفون: | Bozeman WP; Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157, USA. wbozeman@wfubmc.edu, Morel BM, Black TD, Winslow JE |
| المصدر: | Prehospital emergency care [Prehosp Emerg Care] 2012 Jul-Sep; Vol. 16 (3), pp. 361-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Apr 17. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Informa Healthcare Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9703530 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1545-0066 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10903127 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Prehosp Emerg Care Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Publication: London : Informa Healthcare Original Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Hanley & Belfus, c1997- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Emergency Medical Services/*organization & administration , Law Enforcement/*methods, Health Care Surveys ; North Carolina ; Specialization |
| مستخلص: | Background: Specially trained tactical emergency medical support (TEMS) personnel provide support to law enforcement special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams. These programs benefit law enforcement agencies, officers, suspects, and citizens. TEMS programs are increasingly popular, but there are wide variations in their organization and operation and no recent data on their prevalence. Objective: We sought to measure the current prevalence and specific characteristics of TEMS programs in a comprehensive fashion in a single southeastern state. Methods: North Carolina emergency medical services (EMS) systems have county-based central EMS oversight; each system was surveyed by phone and e-mail. The presence and selected characteristics of TEMS programs were recorded. U.S. Census data were used to measure the population impact of the programs. Results: All of the 101 EMS systems statewide were successfully contacted. Thirty-three counties (33%) have TEMS programs providing medical support to 56 local law enforcement agencies as well as state and federal agencies. TEMS programs tend to be located in more populated urban and suburban areas, serving a population base of 5.9 million people, or 64% of the state's population. Tactical medics in the majority of these programs (29/33; 88%) are not sworn law enforcement officers. Conclusions: Approximately one-third of county-based EMS systems in North Carolina have TEMS programs. These programs serve almost two-thirds of the state's population base, using primarily nonsworn tactical medics. Comparison with other regions of the country will be useful to demonstrate differences in prevalence and program characteristics. Serial surveillance will help track trends and measure the growth and impact of this growing subspecialty field. |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20120419 Date Completed: 20120927 Latest Revision: 20120524 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20231215 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/10903127.2012.670692 |
| PMID: | 22510067 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
PDF full text from Publisher | تدمد: | 1545-0066 |
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| DOI: | 10.3109/10903127.2012.670692 |