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Ambulance services, emergency medical services (EMS), rescue and first aid squads, and lifesaving crews respond to emergency and nonemergency calls to help the ill and injured, extricate victims when necessary, administer first aid and/or more advanced medical treatment, and provide transportation to a medical facility. Such services can be provided by different types of organizational entities such as private ambulance services (for profit and nonprofit), hospitals, county or government-based services, fire departments, or a combination of the above.