Emergency Medical Technicians Transporting a Patient

Creator

Preview

Creation Date

1977

Object Type

Photograph

Description

In 1972, the National Academy of Science —National Research Council analysis showed that the federal government had yet to develop a cohesive policy, nor had it sufficiently advanced EMS. A year of intensive political activity following that report resulted in the EMS Services Development Act of 1973. The Act signaled a major shift in EMS. Until then, it was under the purview of the Department of Transportation and was seen primarily as a transportation service. Photographed here is a team of emergency medical technicians (EMT) carefully transporting a patient into an ambulance in 1977.

Hospital/Site

Staten Island University Hospital

Region

Western Region

Notes

Digitized by Lumen Gallery