EMS

Definition

Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.

Example Sentences

• "“Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.”"
• "But EMS workers present a unique problem over other health care workers who are based in hospitals and clinics, they often are coming into people’s homes, Barzilay said, adding that they often respond to calls from the elderly or immunocompromised."