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 EMS Links

• EMSmagazine.com
• Fire-EMS Information Network
• New York State Department of Health
• Southern Tier Regional Emergency Medical Services

 Bath Area Links

• Bath Chamber of Commerce

EMS Terms

• AED --- Automated External Defibrillator
• ALS --- Advanced Life Support - the services provided by paramedics for life-threatening medical emergencies.
• BLS --- Basic Life Support - services provided by Emergency Medical Technicians.
• CBD --- Criteria Based Dispatch
• CEEMS --- Center for the Evaluation of Emergency Medical Services
• CPR --- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• EMD --- Emergency Medical Dispatch
• EMS --- Emergency Medical Services
• EMT --- Emergency Medical Technician -- Firefighters in King County are cross-trained as EMTs. Firefighter/EMTs are usually the first to arrive on-scene at a medical emergency.
• PAD --- Public Access Defibrillation
• REACT --- Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment