Download or read book Austere Emergency Medical Support (AEMS) Field Guide written by United States. Department of Homeland Security and published by . This book was released on 200? with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The following protocols outline the emergency medical support that can be administered under austere conditions by emergency medical services (EMS) providers credentialed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Health Affairs (OHA). These protocols are intended to supplement the DHS/OHA Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Life Support (ALS) protocols when providers are operating in austere environments. Much of the guidance in these protocols will be of greater use to other providers responsible for medical support to DHS operations under austere conditions. EMS providers operating under remote, austere, or hostile conditions are expected to provide pre-hospital care in these dangerous environments with little or no support when operational security is a consideration. In some situations, communications are not assured and evacuation may be delayed significantly. Care providers in an austere situation may be forced to improvise and adapt their medical procedures based on extant circumstances to provide care for and prepare the patient for evacuation to a safer environment. This guide, in conjunction with standard EMT/paramedic protocols, is intended to improve the DHS providers' capability to provide the best possible pre-hospital care until the patient can be transferred for definitive medical treatment.