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EMS en · NOUN

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Meanings

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) 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.
   alt of emergency medical service or emergency medical services
   • 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. 2020 March 21, Sonia Moghe, “EMS workers expected to keep working after coronavirus exposure”, in CNN:
   • “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.” 2014, Emily St. John Mandel, Station Eleven, Picador (2022), page 10:
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electrical muscle stimulation
   alt of electrical muscle stimulation
3. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of encephalomyosynangiosis
   alt of encephalomyosynangiosis
4. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome.
   alt of eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of express mail service, a type of international express mail services.
   alt of express mail service
6. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electronics manufacturing service, a type of OEM (original equipment manufacturer) service.
   alt of electronics manufacturing service
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of Expanded Memory Specification.
   alt of Expanded Memory Specification
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of environmental management system.
   alt of environmental management system
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable) Initialism of electromagnetic suspension
   alt of electromagnetic suspension

Forms

Relateds

XMS · EMR (paramedical or medical) · emergency medical technician (paramedical or medical) · XMM · EM (paramedical or medical) · HMA · emergency medicine (paramedical or medical) · UMA · UMB · EMT (paramedical or medical) · EMM

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