The Emergency Medical System Services: A Praxis Exploration of Leadership in Prehospital Care Environments
Abstract
Injury is one of the primary causes of death and morbidity throughout the world (WHO, 2005). There are approximately 5 million deaths each year due to injury and also millions of people who are temporarily or permanently disabled worldwide (WHO, 2005). Compounding this is the unfortunate fact that “most of the world’s population does not have access to prehospital trauma care” (WHO, 2005, p. 8). The Emergency Medical System (EMS) has placed great importance, within their future vision, on the analysis and examination of “Leadership Support” and “Personnel Development” to ensure leadership capacity through their existing EMS leaders. Consequently, how do the corporate concepts of leadership transfer and apply to EMS critical care situations and their designated leaders. Research of this particular focus does not appear to have been completed within Emergency Medical Systems.
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