Foreword
Jeffrey W. Runge, MD, FACEP

Introduction
John A. Brennan, MD, FAAP, FACEP, and Jon R. Krohmer, MD, FACEP

Chapter 1: History of EMS: Foundations of a System
Ronald D. Stewart, OC, BA, BSc, MD, FRCPC, DSc

Chapter 2: EMS Systems
Peter T. Pons, MD, FACEP, and Rick Murray, EMT-P

Chapter 3: State and Regional EMS Systems
Susan M. Nedza, MD, MBA, FACEP, and Leslee Stein-Spencer, RN, MS

Chapter 4: Trauma Systems
John C. Sacra, MD, FACEP

Chapter 5: Emergency Departments and EMS
William A. Gluckman, DO, FACEP, EMT-P, Neill S. Oster, MD, and Nancy E. Holecek, RN

Chapter 6: Medical Oversight and Accountability
Robert A. Swor, DO, FACEP

Chapter 7: Administration, Management, and Operations
Richard Herrington and Gordon Bergh

Chapter 8: System Financing
Robert R. Bass, MD, FACEP

Chapter 9: Communications
Robert E. Suter, DO, MHA, FACEP and Hon. Ricardo Martinez, MD, FACEP

Chapter 10: Emergency Medical Dispatch
Victoria A. Maguire, EMTP, EMD-I, and James N. Pruden, MD, FACEP

Chapter 11: Medical Record Documentation and EMS Information Systems
Greg D. Mears, MD, FACEP

Chapter 12: Ground Transport: Ambulances
Franklin D. Pratt, MD, FACEP, and Jerry Overton, MPA

Chapter 13: Ground Interfacility and Specialty Care Transfer
Robert M. Domeier, MD, FACEP

Chapter 14: Air Medical Transport
Kenneth A. Williams MD, FACEP, and Kenneth J. Robinson, MD, FACEP

Chapter 15: EMS for Children
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FAAP, FACEP; John A. Brennan, MD,FAAP, FACEP; and Robert K. Waddell, II

Chapter 16: Rural EMS
Bob W. Bailey and Dan Manz

Chapter 17: Disaster Response
Stuart Weiss, MD, FACEP, FAAP; Peter I. Dworsky, MPH, EMT-P; and William A. Gluckman, DO, FACEP, EMT-P

Chapter 18: Emergency Medical Care at Mass Gatherings
Arthur H. Yancey, II, MD, MPH, FACEP

Chapter 19: EMS Response to Terrorist Incidents and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Jerry L. Mothershead, MD, FACEP, and Thomas H. Blackwell, MD, FACEP

Chapter 20: Operational EMS
Mary S. Bogucki, MD, PhD, FACEP, and Joseph P. Heck, DO, FACOEP, FACEP

Chapter 21: EMS and Public Health
James V. Dunford Jr., MD, FACEP, and Theodore C. Chan, MD, FACEP

Chapter 22: Research
Marianne Gausche-Hill, MD, FAAP, FACEP, and Roger J. Lewis, MD, PhD, FACEP

Chapter 23: EMS Education Programs
Daniel L. Storer, MD, FACEP

Chapter 24: EMS Providers and System Roles
Mikel A. Sucher, MD and Jennifer L. Waxler, DO, FACOEP, FACEP

Chapter 25: Occupational Health Issues
Deb Hogue, RN, ADN, EMT-P and Lynn Zimmerman, RN, BSN, Med

Chapter 26: Medical-Legal Concerns in EMS
Leah J. Heimbach, JD, RN, and Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esquire

Chapter 27: EMTALA and EMS
James C. Mitchiner, MD, MPH, FACEP