title: [From the call to the advanced life support: management of emergency care units in France].
abstract: The French major emergency management system has created a consistent structure for the management of patients in emergency situations. French emergency call centers (dial 15) are staffed by people trained to identify distress situations. Medical management at the accident or failure site ensures early implementation of medical check-up, resuscitation treatment and rapid transportation to an adapted department. At the hospital, the organization of the emergency care unit is based on the same principles: identification of distress, precise assessment of the situation and optimization of the referral process.
authors.affiliation: SAMU 31, CHU de Toulouse.
authors.forename: Jean-Louis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Ducassé
authors.forename: Florent
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Battefort
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bleichner
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D008020:Life Support Care