title: Doing the EMS three-step. Planning and preparation are the keys to success.
authors.affiliation: Tacoma Community College, Tacoma, WA, USA.
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D055805:Moving and Lifting Patients; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000503:physiopathology; D017751:Safety Management; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014187:Transportation of Patients / Q000379:methods*