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cord-290119-2yao5a80	Chiang, Wen-Chu	EMS in Taiwan: Past, present, and future()	2008-12-06		.txt	text/plain	3161	170	47	The year 1995 marked the beginning of modern EMS in Taiwan when a lot of important concepts of EMS were put into legislation, The Emergency Medical Service Act. The law designated pre-hospital care as a function of fire administration at the central and local level. Over the last eight years, Taiwan's EMS has undergone rapid development, including the implementation of off-line medical direction, establishment of national disaster response teams, and the introduction of automatic external defibrillators (AED) by EMTs. enabling the EMS to provide fire service based advanced life support (ALS). Physicians on the medical consulting committees (required by law) are responsible for the standards of patient care, including establishment of pre-hospital medical protocols and assistance in education of EMTs. However, a lack of specific tasking and full-time positions in the fire department for medical directors has resulted in the medical oversight remaining incomplete in terms of protocol revision, quality assurance, system design, and direct medical oversight.	./cache/cord-290119-2yao5a80.txt	./txt/cord-290119-2yao5a80.txt