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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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PSL (preferred supplier list)
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

Contains a list of suppliers that the business has specified to be of interest, and might be used in a specific acquisition.

Paramedic
Area: Emergency Medical Services

A person trained to give emergency medical care to people who are seriously ill with the aim of stabilizing them before they are taken to hospital.

Participatory research and innovation
Area: Emergency Medical Services

An approach to research in communities that emphasizes participation and action

Parties
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

A person or organization involved in the signing of the contract. Normally comprise of a supplier and a client with shared rights and responsibilities.

Patient
Area: Emergency Medical Services

A person who is receiving medical care, or who is cared for by a particular doctor or dentist when necessary

Patient acute-care treatment
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Patient acute-care treatment is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.

Patient flow
Area: Emergency Medical Services

The movement of patients through a healthcare facility, in this case, an emergency department.

Patient monitoring systems
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Patient monitoring systems measure, record, distribute and display combinations of biometric values such as heart rate, SPO2, blood pressure, temperature and more.

Patient-centered care
Area: Emergency Medical Services

Providing care that is respectful of, and responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs and values, and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions.

Performance-based or functional specifications (or output/outcome-based specifications)
Area: Pre-Commercial Procurement

An approach to specifying procurement requirements which focuses on the results to be achieved rather than the detailed inputs. For example, instead of specifying that a building needs to have a certain type of insulation or lighting, a performance-based specification could state that it must achieve a minimum energy rating.

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