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Emergency Medical Services System in Hong Kong: A Pearl in the South China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Edward Kalinowski  and
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Edward Kalinowski*
Affiliation:
Department Chairman, Department of Emergency, Medical Services, Kapiolani Community College,University of Hawaii
Frederick M. Burkle Jr
Affiliation:
Frederick M. Burkle, Jr. MD, Department of Surgery and, Department of Pediatrics, John A. Burns School of Medicine,University of Hawaii
*
Department Chairman, Department of Emergency, Medical Services, Kapiolani Community College, University of Hawaii, 96816 USA
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Abstract

Each Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system is unique in its development and scope of practice. In many instances, incorporates components of other models, It is important to the intellectual growth of the Emergency Medical Technicians that they visualize EMS design from an international perspective. This article describes the EMS system that exists in Hong Kong. It explores the changes that are occurring, defines the relationship between Hong Kong and China, and considers the influence that this evolving model might have on China after 1997.

Keywords

EMSEMS SystemsScope of Practice
Type
Special Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , June 1997 , pp. 31 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1997

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