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Emergency medical services (EMS) originated from ancient wars, where hand-to-hand combat was common. The key to victory, thus, depended on the number of living warriors. To increase the survival rate, Charles V decided to use horses in the battle of Metz to carry wounded warriors to the back for treatment. That was the earliest form of EMS. After Napoleon came into power, his chief surgeon, Dominique Jean Larrey, with his practical experience and vast knowledge of science, started to transform carriages into ambulances. Then he had those horse-drawn ambulances ready in the back of military troops--whenever someone was wounded, the ambulances, carrying doctors and medical equipment, would come to his rescue. Since then, treatment in the field has become the core of contemporary medical system. Furthermore, Larrey suggested that the priority of treatment should depend on the severity of injury rather than rank, which was the start of triage.

消防月刊. Magazine Description:

為提供最新消防政策及消防新知，增進各地消防學術交流，內政部消防署每月均定期發行消防月刊供各界參閱。
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本期內容亦介紹2015年INSARAG Guidelines(國際搜索與救援諮詢小組指導方針)修正篇以供各縣市政府消防局搜救隊參考。還有臺南市政府消防局分享急救擔架床頭側之搬運小工具，運用巧思製作扁帶式小套環套在急救擔架床頭側端之橫桿上，以便急救人員施力並降低因困難施力所造成背部傷害之風險。另還桃園市政府消防局特搜隊遠赴比利時那慕爾市參加國際大賽GRIMPDAY等內容，內容精采而豐富。歡迎踴躍下載參閱。