Meaning of EMS | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Initialism of emergency medical service or emergency medical services, an organization, often part of a local government, whose purpose is to provide emergency prehospital care to the public; the care that it provides.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
2. A river in northwestern Germany.
3. A diminutive of the female given names Emma or Emily.
4. Alternative letter-case form of ems.
   alt-of
5. Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
7. Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
   abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
8. Initialism of environmental management system.
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9. Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

““Training to be a paramedic.” “EMS? For real? You want to scrape drunks off the sidewalk for a living?” “I want to do something that matters, if that’s what you mean.””

“But EMS workers present a unique problem over other health care workers who are based in hospitals and clinics, they often are coming into people’s homes, Barzilay said, adding that they often respond to calls from the elderly or immunocompromised.”

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