EMS actions in Oklahoma City Bombing and other Mass Casualty Incidents

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EMS or Emergency Medical Services is a system of wide-spread and synchronized integration or combination of resources and function who assist and rescue victims in case of emergencies . Its features and components include manpower , medicine direction , communications professional training , community education , injury prevention information systems and evaluation , and rehabilitation

Emergency 911 responses are tasked to respond to medical and injury-related emergencies in a timely manner , regardless the cause of the emergency or the patient 's race , nationalities , or ability to

pay Aside from these , their main duty is to minimize the physical , emotional and financial impact of the emergency to the individual involved

Shortly after the Oklahoma City bombing , Emergency 911 was the first to be contacted by the residents within the vicinity of the Alfred

br Murrah Federal building , an office complex in downtown Oklahoma that was the exact site of the bombing

The first to respond to the bombing site are the police , ambulances and firefighters

The police was there first to secure the area and then look for the perpetrators of the crime . They were the ones responsible for the immediate arrest of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for their roles in the bombing

EMSA ambulances and paramedics were the ones who assisted the victims since ambulance service is for pre-hospital response to 911 calls Paramedics are ambulance personnel who have undergone special training in Basic Life Support (BLS ) and Advanced Life Support (ALS ) in to give first aid...