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To unify the communication and knowledge exchange between the emergency medical teams across Europe iProcureSecurity seeks to translate the identified EMS terms in all consortium languages.

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Head of emergency services
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Person who is responsible for planning and leading the emergency department or EMS.

Health information exchange (HIE)
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Mobilization of health care information electronically across organizations within a region, community or hospital system.

Health technologies
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives".

Health wearables
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Electronic devices that consumers can wear, like Fitbits and smartwatches, and are designed to collect the data of users' personal health and exercise

Heart-related diseases
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Describes a range of conditions that affect the heart; diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects a person is born with (congenital heart defects), among others

Helicopter Emergency Medical Services
Area: Emergency Medical Services

A helicopter, or, less commonly, a fixed wing aircraft, used to evacuate a person who requires immediate medical attention that cannot be provided on site

Helicopter-SAR-HHO
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Helicopter Search and Rescue-Helicopter Hoist Operations.

Helpdesk
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

A resource intended to provide the customer or end user with information and support related to a company's or institution's products and services

IO access
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Intraosseous access for administrating drugs.

IP cameras
Area: Emergency Medical Services

An Internet Protocol camera, or IP camera, is a type of digital video camera that receives control data and sends image data via the Internet. They are commonly used for surveillance but unlike analog closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, they require no local recording device, only a local area network

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