Title: Describe the local Emergency Medical Services (EMS) system.
Course: Emergency Medical Telecommunications (14055-V) > Section: Introducing Emergency Medical Dispatcher Roles and Responsibilities

Description should include

- how the components of the local EMS system are arranged
- the tiered EMS structure: emergency medical responder (EMR), basic life support (BLS), advanced life support (ALS)
- identification of what medical resources are available in the local EMS system
- resources dispatched in a special situation and how to access these resources
- state or local code that defines the EMS system.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the four levels of the EMS system?
- How do the four levels of the EMS system work together?