CIEMS - The Center for International Emergency Medical Services

Global EMS Information System

The Global EMS Information System (GEMSIS) will allow anyone working in the field of International emergency medical services to contribute to centralized collection and disseminate information on existing EMS systems and associated infrastructure elements on a global scale.

We are in the process of developing a standardized systems and infrastructure assessment instrument (Developing Nation EMS Evaluation) that can be applied by any traveling or local researcher. By collecting several independent assessments of each country we will establish a high degree of inter-rater reliability.

Further, GEMSIS will allow developers to determine if any EMS development projects are underway in a given country or region and contribute to collaborative planning by facilitating communication between the staff of existing projects while providing a springboard for new projects so that they complement existing efforts.