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Emergency medical services for children (EMS-C) system is undergoing a period of catch-up growth. In the 1980’s, a variety of pediatric specialists became involved in providing EMS-C. They discovered that the adult EMS system had evolved without sufficient consideration of the needs of children. The continued evolution of EMS-C will require an identification of what is known and what needs to be investigated concerning EMS-C. While this chapter is written using the perspective of the United States, the issues are of general relevance.
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Pollack, M.M., Gotschall, C.S. (1995). Emergency Medical Services for Children. In: Vincent, JL. (eds) Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine. Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 1995. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79154-3_82
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