title: EMS ... agenda for the future.
abstract: In 1996, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau published the EMS Agenda for the Future. To date, thousands of copies have been distributed to EMS-knowledgeable people, and those who aspire to be, throughout the United States. This article reviews the findings discussed within the EMS Agenda for the Future. This discussion also assesses the effects of these findings on EMS development.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, UPMC-Presbyterian CL-06, 200 Lothnoy Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. delbridgt@msx.upmc.edu
authors.forename: Theodore R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Delbridge
mesh_terms: D004631:Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D012106:Research; D014481:United States