The sorting of and allocation of treatment to patients and especially battle and disaster victims according to a system of priorities designed to maximize the number of survivors. The sorting of patients (as in an emergency room) according to the urgency of their need for care.

The proportion of severely injured patients not managed by a dedicated trauma team.

A common emergency telephone number to reach emergency services.

Unmanned aircraft system (UAS) means an unmanned aircraft and the equipment to control it remotely.

An unmet need or a challenge in a PCP or PPI is a “ requirement or set of requirements that (…) [procurers] have now or (preferably) one that (…) [they] will have in the future, that current products, services or arrangements cannot meet, or can only do so at excessive cost or with unacceptable risk.”[1]An unmet need or challenge often becomes apparent whenever a procurer has to solve a problem that negatively impacts the efficiency of its internal operations or the quality of the service of public interest it offers to citizens or whenever a procurer has to implement policy objectives or legislations.

Region surrounding a city.

A technique for allowing alternative solutions to be considered in the evaluation of tenders. Variants can be allowed in any procedure, provided the contracting authority’s minimum requirements are defined and the contract award criteria can also be applied to variants.

System (typically computer-based) that is organized for the primary purpose of supporting one-way and two-way communication of emergency information by video.

Virtual reality is an artificial environment that is created with software and presented to the user in such a way that the user suspends belief and accepts it as a real environment. Through VR medical training, there are unlimited ways to approach a scenario and interact with it, optimizing the educational experience and preparing students/EMS practitioners for real-world scenarios

Clinical measurements, specifically pulse rate, temperature, respiration rate, and blood pressure that indicate the state of a patient's essential body functions.