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Omaha Orange: A Popular History of EMS in America, Second Edition

Author(s): Carl J. Post
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763721381
  • ISBN-10:0763721387
  • Paperback    124 pages      © 2002
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Omaha Orange, Second Edition is essential reading for anyone who has ever wondered how EMS in America evolved into its present state.  Written by a nationally-known expert in EMS, this new edition explains in detail the highs and lows in EMS since 1964. The author examines the days when hospitals, governments, and fire departments aspired to build EMS systems and reviews the impact of public health care and public safety on organized emergency care.

Preface

Chapter 1. Surfing Our Lives Away? America in 1964
Chapter 2. The American Way of Death
Chapter 3. A Revolution Approaches: 1965-1974
Chapter 4. Transportation-From the Community to the Hospital
Chapter 5. Critical Care-From the Hospital to the Community
Chapter 6. Witnessing
Chapter 7. Public Health-EMS as Acute Care, Ambulatory Care, or Primary Care
Chapter 8. Public Safety-EMS as the First, Second, or Third Service
Chapter 9. The Division of Emergency Medical Services-Public Health and Critical Care Off to War
Chapter 10. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration-Longevity and the Art of Compromise
Chapter 11. Pittsburgh, Seattle, and New York
Chapter 12. Rural EMS-A Price You Pay for Living in God's Country?
Chapter 13. Technology-EMS and Science
Chapter 14. The Dollies
Chapter 15. Renaissance? 

Index


Carl J. Post