Transporting Lazarus: Physicians, the State, and the Creation of the Modern Paramedic and Ambulance, 1955-73

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This article shows how the development of the modern paramedic and ambulance was more than the aggregation of many local origins story, but instead owes much to the role of the NAS-NRC Committee on Emergency Medical Services as a space for interested actors to meet and share ideas.

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