ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION In the prehospital environment, emergency medicine service (EMS) personnel possibly face more significant challenges than in-hospital care providers do. A major difference is the unpredictability of EMS operations. This unpredictability is often due to the limited information available to the team, a lack of knowledge of the cause and extent of the patient’s problem, and the nature of the operational environment. Very often the location of the accident scene is ambiguous at the time of turnout, and the medical team is usually unsure of the resources they may need. This results in the team having to gather the information during the execution of the mission.
