Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future

Emergency medicine in Saudi Arabia: a century of progress and a bright vision for the future

Abstract Although emergency medical services (EMS) and pre-hospital care have existed in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) since 1934, emergency medicine (EM) is a relatively new medical field in the country that was not formally recognized as a medical specialty until 2001. In 2005, the Saudi Board...

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Main Authors: Eyad Khattab, Abdulrahman Sabbagh, Nawfal Aljerian, Hashim Binsalleeh, Mobarak Almulhim, Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Majid Alsalamah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-07-01
Series:International Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Emergency medicine
Saudi Arabia
International health
Global medicine
Global Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12245-019-0232-0

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