The practice of BSI was common in Pre-Hospital care and Emergency Medical Services due to the often unknown nature of the patient and his / her disease or medical conditions.

Due to the deaths of the ship's entire medical staff, The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram designed for short-term use only, is employed as the Chief Medical Officer.

Persons serving as Chirurgeons work under the " Good Samaritan " principal providing only first aid and either calling for Emergency Medical Services, or advising sick or injured persons to seek medical care on their own if they have injuries or illnesses that are beyond the scope of First Aid to treat.

* Emergency preparedness and response ( for both terrorism and natural disasters ), including volunteer medical, police, emergency management, and fire personnel ;

Category: Emergency medical services

Emergency medicine is a medical specialty in which physicians ( DOs and MDs ) care for patients with acute illnesses or injuries which require immediate medical attention.

Emergency medicine physicians practice in hospital emergency departments, in pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, other locations where initial medical treatment of illness takes place, and recently the intensive-care unit.

Emergency medicine ( EM ) as a medical specialty is relatively young.

Physicians in training ( interns and residents ), foreign medical graduates and sometimes nurses also staffed the Emergency Department ( ED ).

It was not until the establishment of American College of Emergency Physicians ( ACEP ), the recognition of emergency medicine training programs by the AMA and the AOA, and in 1979 a historical vote by the American Board of Medical Specialties that EM became a recognized medical specialty.

The first emergency medicine residency program in the world was begun in 1970 at the University of Cincinnati and the first Department of Emergency Medicine at a U. S. medical school was founded in 1971 at the University of Southern California.

In Australia and New Zealand, advanced training in Emergency Medicine is overseen by the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine ( ACEM ). Emergency Medicine Board certification in Australia is a five to seven years of training, in some way it considered as a subspecialty of medical or surgical track residency program.

After this many medical colleges are about to start postgraduate training i. e. MD in Emergency Medicine.

Emergency medical services ( abbreviated to the initialism EMS in some countries ) are a type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care, transport to definitive care, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries which prevent the patient from transporting themselves.

Emergency medical services may also be locally known as a first aid squad, emergency squad, rescue squad, ambulance, squad ambulance service, ambulance corps, or life squad.

Emergency medical services exists to fulfill the basic principles of first aid, which are to Preserve Life, Prevent Further Injury, and Promote Recovery.

Beyond the national model of care, the type Emergency Medical Service will be determined by local jurisdictions and medical authorities, based upon the needs of the community, and the economic resources to support it.

Emergency medical technicians, also known as Ambulance Technicians in the UK and EMT in the United States.

* Emergency medical services in Austria

* 1935 – The Works Progress Administration is formed when the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 becomes law.

* 1956 – Chin Peng, David Marshall and Tunku Abdul Rahman meet in Baling to try and resolve the Malayan Emergency situation.

* 1946 – The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ( UNICEF ) is established.

* 1971 – The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.

The First and Second Malayan Plans ( 1956 – 60 and 1961-65 respectively ) stimulated economic growth through state investment in industry and repairing infrastructure such as roads and ports, which had been damaged and neglected during the war and the Emergency.

* 1975 – The State of Emergency is declared in India.

* 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.

The presence of British and other Commonwealth troops were crucial to Malaysia's security during the Malayan Emergency ( 1948 – 1960 ) and the Indonesian Confrontation ( 1962 – 1966 ), which was sparked by Malaya's merger with the British colonies of Singapore, Sarawak and North Borneo to form Malaysia in 1963.

* 1967 – Six-Day War: President Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt demands dismantling of the peace-keeping UN Emergency Force in Egypt.

* 1933 – Great Depression: President Franklin D. Roosevelt submits the Emergency Banking Act to Congress, the first of his New Deal policies.

* 1954 – Michael D. Brown, U. S. Federal Emergency Management Agency director

* 2008 – The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the US financial system is signed by President Bush.

* Multiple conflicts and crises occur in India and Pakistan during the 1970s including the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Bangladesh Liberation War, and the Indian Emergency 1975 – 1977.

* October 6 – Malayan Emergency: Communist insurgents kill British commander Sir Henry Gurney.

* June 18 – Malayan Emergency: A state of emergency is declared in the Malayan Union due to a communist insurgency.

* December 11 – 12 – Malayan Emergency: Batang Kali massacre: Scots Guards shoot 24 Chinese villagers in Malaya

* July 30 – Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service ( WAVES ).

* December 11 – UNICEF ( the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund ) is founded.

* December 21 – Cyprus Emergency: Inter-communal fighting erupts between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots.

* June 28 – Civilian Conservation Corps ( CCC ) established in the United States, superseding the Emergency Conservation Work program.

* May 22 – WWII: The British Parliament passes a further Emergency Powers ( Defence ) Act, giving the government full control over all persons and property.

* May 19 – The Emergency Quota Act is passed by the U. S. Congress, establishing national quotas on immigration.

* November 26 – The British Governor of Cyprus declares a State of Emergency on the island.