Emergency Medical Services

"Emergency Medical Services" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Services specifically designed, staffed, and equipped for the emergency care of patients.

Descriptor ID	D004632
MeSH Number(s)	N02.421.297
Concept/Terms	Emergency Medical Services Emergency Medical Services Emergency Services, Medical Emergency Service, Medical Medical Emergency Service Medical Emergency Services Service, Medical Emergency Services, Medical Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Emergency Medical Service Medical Service, Emergency Service, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Prehospital Emergency Care Prehospital Emergency Care Emergency Care, Prehospital Emergicenters Emergicenters Emergicenter Emergency Care Emergency Care Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Services Emergency Health Service Health Service, Emergency Health Services, Emergency Service, Emergency Health Services, Emergency Health

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Emergency Medical Services".

Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Emergency Medical Services [N02.421.297]

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Bar chart showing 64 publications over 25 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2008

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	2	0	2
1997	1	1	2
1998	2	0	2
2000	0	1	1
2002	1	1	2
2003	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	3	1	4
2007	2	0	2
2008	5	1	6
2009	0	2	2
2010	4	0	4
2011	3	0	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	4	0	4
2015	2	1	3
2016	2	0	2
2017	2	1	3
2018	3	0	3
2020	2	1	3
2022	1	0	1
2023	3	1	4
2024	0	2	2
2025	1	2	3

Below are the most recent publications written about "Emergency Medical Services" by people in Profiles.

Moxon SG, Wharton-Smith A, Sharma S, Aluvaala J, Campbell OMR, Gupta G, Lobis S, Warthin C, Penn-Kekana L, Freedman LP. A Delphi process to build consensus on revised Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) signal functions and levels of care. PLoS One. 2025; 20(9):e0331684.

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Warren J, Ball J, Dawson L, Nehme E, Mahony E, Nanayakkara S, Chew DP, Kaye DM, Taylor A, Nehme Z, Stub D. Incidence and Predictors of Referral for Coronary Angiography and Revascularization in Non-ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Oct; 106(4):2713-2723.

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Woller SJ, Hall KE, McGrew SJ, Anderson-Fletcher E, Norman SB, Vujanovic AA. Examining moral injury and posttraumatic stress among firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and emergency dispatchers. Eur J Psychotraumatol. 2025 Dec; 16(1):2510019.

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Carlson EB, Barlow MR, Palmieri PA, Shieh L, Mellman TA, Cooksey E, Parker J, Williams M, Spain DA. Performance replication of the Hospital Mental Health Risk Screen in ethnoracially diverse U.S. patients admitted through emergency care. PLoS One. 2024; 19(10):e0311256.

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Moxon SG, B SS, Penn-Kekana L, Sharma S, Talbott J, Campbell OMR, Freedman L. Evolving narratives on signal functions for monitoring maternal and newborn health services: A meta-narrative inspired review. Soc Sci Med. 2024 07; 352:116980.

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Stanley IH, Lebeaut A, Betz ME, Wright A, Vujanovic AA. Firearm ownership and storage practices among United States firefighters and emergency medical services personnel. Psychol Serv. 2024 May; 21(2):206-213.

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Navani RV, Dawson LP, Nehme E, Nehme Z, Bloom J, Cox S, Anderson D, Stephenson M, Lefkovits J, Taylor AJ, Kaye D, Smith K, Stub D. Variation in Health Care Processes, Quality and Outcomes According to Day and Time of Chest Pain Presentation via Ambulance. Heart Lung Circ. 2023 Jun; 32(6):709-718.

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Dawson LP, Nehme E, Nehme Z, Davis E, Bloom J, Cox S, Nelson AJ, Okyere D, Anderson D, Stephenson M, Lefkovits J, Taylor AJ, Nicholls SJ, Cullen L, Kaye D, Smith K, Stub D. Sex Differences in Epidemiology, Care, and Outcomes in Patients With Acute Chest Pain. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2023 03 14; 81(10):933-945.

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Lebeaut A, Zegel M, Leonard SJ, Healy NA, Anderson-Fletcher EA, Vujanovic AA. COVID-19-Related Medical Vulnerability and Mental Health Outcomes Among US First Responders. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 05 01; 65(5):e283-e289.

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Dickens H, Rao U, Sarver D, Bruehl S, Kinney K, Karlson C, Grenn E, Kutcher M, Iwuchukwu C, Kyle A, Goodin B, Myers H, Nag S, Hillegass WB, Morris MC. Racial, Gender, and Neighborhood-Level Disparities in Pediatric Trauma Care. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2023 06; 10(3):1006-1017.

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