Emergency management involves strategic organizational processes to protect critical assets from hazards and ensure continuity. Emergency medical services provide out-of-hospital medical care and transport for patients unable to transport themselves, going by names like ambulance services or life squads. Principles of emergency management include taking a comprehensive, progressive, risk-driven, integrated, collaborative, and coordinated approach that is flexible and professional. International organizations involved in emergency management include the International Association of Emergency Managers, Red Cross, United Nations, World Bank, European Union, and International Recovery Platform.

1. Emergency management
Emergency management is the generic name of an interdisciplinary field dealing with the
strategic organizational management processes used to protect critical assets of an
organization from hazard risks that can cause events like disasters or catastrophes and to
ensure the continuance of the organization within their planned lifetime.
Emergency medical services
Emergency Medical Services (abbreviated to the initialism EMS in some countries) are a
type of emergency service dedicated to providing out-of-hospital acute medical care,
transport to definitive care, and other medical transport to patients with illnesses and injuries
which prevent the patient from transporting themselves.
Emergency medical services may also be locally known as a first aid squad, emergency
squad, rescue squad, ambulance, squad ambulance service, ambulance corps, or life squad.
Principles of Emergency Management
Emergency management must be:
1. Comprehensive – emergency managers consider and take into account all
hazards, all phases, all stakeholders and all impacts relevant to disasters.
2. Progressive – emergency managers anticipate future disasters and take
preventive and preparatory measures to build disaster-resistant and disaster-
resilient communities.
3. Risk-driven – emergency managers use sound risk management principles
(hazard identification, risk analysis, and impact analysis) in assigning priorities and
resources.
4. Integrated – emergency managers ensure unity of effort among all levels of
government and all elements of a community.
5. Collaborative – emergency managers create and sustain broad and sincere
relationships among individuals and organizations to encourage trust, advocate a
team atmosphere, build consensus, and facilitate communication.
6. Coordinated – emergency managers synchronize the activities of all relevant
stakeholders to achieve a common purpose.
7. Flexible – emergency managers use creative and innovative approaches in solving
disaster challenges.
8. Professional – emergency managers value a science and knowledge-based
approach; based on education, training, experience, ethical practice, public
stewardship and continuous improvement.

2. International organizations
➢ International Association of Emergency Managers
➢ Red Cross/Red Crescent
➢ United Nations
➢ World Bank
➢ European Union
➢ International Recovery Platform
➢ Sparkrelief.org
Emergency Management is done in two ways:
1. First aid (mostly by general public)
2. in a professional way (by physicians, and nurses in a ward)