International SOS and Johns Hopkins International Announce Cooperative Agreement for Emergency Medical Services.Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2002 International SOS International SOS provides medical assistance, healthcare, security and risk management services to private organisations and governments. Founded in 1985 as AEA International, International SOS now has 5000 employees, and carries out approximately one million medical and security , the world's largest medical and security assistance company and Johns Hopkins Noun 1. Johns Hopkins - United States financier and philanthropist who left money to found the university and hospital that bear his name in Baltimore (1795-1873) Hopkins 2. International, the organization within Johns Hopkins Medicine charged with advancing the Johns Hopkins mission of teaching, research and patient care internationally, announced the signing of a cooperative agreement concerning emergency medical services An Emergency medical service (abbreviated to initialism "EMS" in many countries) is a service providing out-of-hospital acute care and transport to definitive care, to patients with illnesses and injuries which the patient believes constitutes a medical emergency. . The agreement provides SOS SOS, code letters of the international distress signal. The signal is expressed in International Morse code as … — — — … (three dots, three dashes, three dots). with access to Johns Hopkins' Department of Emergency Medicine and its extensive expertise in directing emergency patient care at a distance using telecommunications and telemedicine to handle complex emergency cases. Johns Hopkins International will also provide SOS with second opinion consultations and access to their emergency protocols. International SOS provides its clients with aero-medical evacuation and emergency assistance services worldwide 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. SOS sees the new relationship as an important step forward in ensuring the highest quality medical management for its clients, particularly in cases involving immediate medical assessment of patients in an in-flight medical emergency or located in remote sites. "Through our aviation program we are taking calls from aircraft that have a medical emergency on board and need to know quickly if they may have to divert," explains Dr. Myles Druckman, International SOS Vice President Medical Assistance, Philadelphia. "Now, we will be able to connect the aircraft and our Philadelphia Alarm Center with the Johns Hopkins' specialist by telephone, or via telemedicine link if the aircraft has the equipment." From the SOS Philadelphia Alarm Center, information can be routed in real-time to any of the 25 other SOS Alarm Centers around the world including key locations in London, Singapore, Johannesburg, Beijing, Sydney and Tokyo. This brings Johns Hopkins' medical expertise and quality control to SOS members in need of immediate assistance and possibly emergency evacuation For other uses, see Evacuation. Emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event. Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a . "It is our goal to find innovative ways in which international patients, physicians and institutions can benefit from the excellence of Johns Hopkins Medicine," explains Steve Thompson Steve Thompson or Steven Thompson may be:
According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Williams, International SOS COO, Philadelphia, this new opportunity "will enhance the medical management services SOS offers to the aviation industry, insurance companies and other organizations, as well as to our clients at remote site locations." SOS manages the medical services at over 160 remote site clinics, including China's Xingjiang western province, Irian Jaya in Indonesia, offshore Sakhalin on Russia's Pacific coastline and in central Africa. Besides emergency in-flight assistance, the agreement calls for the use of Johns Hopkins International expertise to provide quality assurance for the 21 SOS International Clinics operated exclusively for SOS members in locations around the globe such as Moscow, Beijing, Jakarta, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. . SOS will also have access to Johns Hopkins educational programs, helping enable SOS doctors and clinicians worldwide to keep abreast of the latest medical advancements through their interactive GlobalAccess Video-Lectures by Johns Hopkins physicians. About International SOS International SOS (www.internationalsos.com) is the world's largest medical and security assistance company, as well as the leading provider of remote medical services. It has a full time staff of 2,600 professionals including 250 physicians operating in 26 Alarm Centers and 21 International Clinics around the world, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. SOS clients include the majority of Fortune 500 companies as well as leading insurance companies, credit card programs, specialty travel programs, aviation companies, universities, government agencies and NGO's. About Johns Hopkins International and Johns Hopkins Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins International (www.jhintl.net) works with international patients, physicians and institutions to bring the best of Johns Hopkins Medicine in research, education, training and clinical services to the world community. Johns Hopkins is the largest recipient of biomedical research grants from the National Institutes of Health. The Johns Hopkins Department of Emergency Medicine, a Level I Adult Trauma Center trauma center n. A medical facility that is designated to treat severe physical trauma as a result of the specialized training of its staff and the availability of appropriate diagnostic and treatment tools. , currently sees more than 50,000 acute visits per year. Johns Hopkins was one of the pioneers of emergency medicine, with Hopkins researchers developing the cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. technique in 1961 and championing its use by medical personnel and paramedical par·a·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or being a person trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. 2. personnel on ambulance teams. |
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