Introduction:
The Emergency Medical Services developed in 1985 within the Department of Accident and Emergency at Salmaniya Medical Center to provide pre-hospital emergency medical care services to the sick and injured patients by Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT), paramedics, at the sense and during transportation to the hospital. Accident and Emergency services are expanding rapidly as the population and the need for such services grow. However, there has been no report of systematic studies based on scientific means to assess the need for the services and to plan a comprehensive model of care, particularly in the area of ambulance services at the Ministry of Health. With the rapid socio-economic changes and modernization with high technology in Bahrain, such a need is becoming more and more demanding. Salmaniya Medical Complex provides two types of ambulance services differentiated by nature of calls at science of accidental injury or sudden illness and during transportation to the medical facilities.

• Mobile Intensive Care Unit:
  • Respond to all acute emergency calls.
  • Fully equipped ambulance manned by Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - Paramedic
  
  
• Routine Services:
  • Respond to all Emergency, Moderate Cases
  • Fully equipped ambulances, manned by Ambulance Technician.
  
  
• Acute Emergencies:
  1. Road Traffic Accident (R.T.A)
  2. Cardiac Cases.
  3. Acute Respiratory Condition
  4. All Trauma Cases
  5. Burns Cases
  6. Psychiatry Cases
  7. Home Delivery Cases
  8. Neonatal Care
  9. Dead on Location
  10. Others
  
  
• Action at an Emergency:
  The process of first aid begins before any direct person - to - person contact with the victim. The way when you approach an incident, and the immediate steps you take to make the area safe and get help, can contribute as much to the casualty's survival and ultimate well - being as any subsequent interventions or medical treatment.
  
• First Aid:
  First Aid is the first assistance or treatments given to a casualty for any injury or sudden illness before the arrival of the ambulance or qualified medical expert.