Emergency Medical Technicians Transporting a Patient

Creator

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Date Information

1977

Object Type

Photograph

File Size

208 KB

File Type

JPG

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

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