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Emergency Medical ServicesEmergency Planning Society
Emergency Care
Emergency Care Practitioner (ECP)
Paramedic
Paramedic Practice
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Journal of Paramedic Practice
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The Emergency Planning Society was formed in 1993 through the merger of the Emergency Planning Association and the County Emergency Planning Officers Society. The society, its branches and its various groups organize conferences, workshops, working parties, studies and seminars to examine emergency planning practice and experience, and to develop advice on good practice. Here, Jeff McClure, Assistant Emergency Planning Manager with Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, discusses the society in more depth, and examines the role of paramedics in the society's structure. Abstract published with permission.ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.12968/jpar.2011.3.5.217
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