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  Emergency Medical Center (First Aid Station) Branch of Chinese Hospital Association is an exclusive national professional organization for Chinese emergency practitioners/administrators. It is a non-profit, grass-root based organization formed by emergency centers around China on a voluntary basis. As a national class II society, Emergency Medical Center (First Aid Station) Branch is affiliated to Chinese Hospital Association, and it is under the direct leadership of Ministry of Civil Administration, Ministry of Health, in addition to Chinese Hospital Association. It was officially founded in Qingdao in April 2002 with its organizational secretarial department set at Beijing Emergency Center.

  The objectives of Emergency Medical Center (First Aid Station) Branch are:
  
   * To raise the standards of Chinese pre-hospital services by promoting academic and information exchanges among pre-hospital emergency service practitioners
  * To enhance international exchange and collaboration in order to introduce new concepts, technologies and practices to Chinese pre-hospital emergency services
  * To provide a platform for discussing the role of medical emergency centers (stations), and positioning medical emergency centers (stations) in overall urban health systems
  * To develop modern emergency service systems in urban areas
  * To enhance nationwide collaboration among emergency service systems in large-scale, disastrous events
  * To promote research on personnel, vehicle, equipment, uniform, regulations and standards of emergency service
  * To provide recommendations and advice to national and local governments on emergency service policy and regulation making

 




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