Abstract: Aim: the aim of this study was to supply an summary of the evolution of emergency medical services (EMS) in Saudi Arabia to explain its history, organizational service providers, governance, EMS statistics and also the academic development of the sphere with the inequality of educational approaches. The EMS in Saudi Arabia has seen variety of positive changes over the past decade, a number of that embody the event of many university and faculty programs dedicated to teaching EMS, the analysis of the profession from a post-employment care model into a pre-employment bachelor’s degree model, the generous governmental scholarship grants overseas and also the official enfranchisement of EMS as a profession. it's been close to 9 years since the primary EMS bachelor’s degree programs were developed in Saudi Arabia, a number of that were directly adopted from universities in developed countries admire Australia. This paper describes the history of EMS in Saudi Arabia with a selected specialize in distinguishing the inequality within the academic outcomes and approaches adopted by schools and universities in the Kingdom. This paper is that the 1st to supply an summary of the EMS service in Saudi Arabia, for institutions and researchers to realize an improved understanding of the history and current standing of the service from an academic and operational perspective.
Keywords: Emergency medical services, paramedics, Saudi Arabia, EMS.
Title: Evolution of emergency medical services in Saudi Arabia
Author: Abdullah Bunayyan AlDawsari, Nasser Bunayyan AlDawsari
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
Vol. 10, Issue 2, October 2022 - March 2023
Page No: 141-146
Research Publish Journals
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Published Date: 23-November-2022
