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RFP 19 WSPS       
Schoppart 23765
4-24-67

EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE - DEMONSTRATION PROJECT

INTRODUCTION

The enabling legislation to conduct programs in improved emergency services resides in the Highway Safety Act of 1966 which reflects the importance of emergency services by requiring that highway safety programs standards of each State include coverage of emergency services. Report No. 1700, House of Representatives, 89th Congress, 2d Session, July 15, 1966, p. 19, states:

"When accidents occur it is essential that every available resource be mobilized to save lives, lessen the severity of injuries, protect property, restore movement of traffic. An essential part of the State safety program should be the development of an emergency facilities system. This will require the advice and services of experts and personnel in medicine, law, engineering, communication and law enforcement, at a minimum."

Any improved emergency medical support system must have the following capabilities: