title: EMS in the Sultanate of Oman.
abstract: The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in Oman is a relatively new project in the country. It has been developed based on the Anglo-American system of EMS. Currently, it is run by trained Omani Advanced Emergency Medical Technicians (AEMT) under the auspices of the Royal Oman Police (ROP) Ambulance Division. The system covers most of the country and responds to medical and trauma emergencies. It is state-funded and free of charge for all people in Oman. There are plans to incorporate aero-medical services into the system, to support the land ambulance service, and there are also plans to expand its coverage to the whole country by 2012. The EMS in Oman has hard challenges ahead but there are also promising plans in place to improve the system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Dunedin School of Medicine/Dunedin Public Hospital, University of Otago, New Zealand. veen2004@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sultan Zayed Khalifah
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Al-Shaqsi
mesh_terms: D000552:Ambulances; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D009850:Oman