### Question
Can you define what emergency medical services means?


### Answer
**Emergency medical services** is defined as the following in *7 U.S.C. § 2655*:

> resources used by a public or nonprofit entity to deliver medical care outside of a medical facility under emergency conditions that occur as a result of—


(A) the condition of a patient

#### Citation:
  - *7 U.S.C. § 2655*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 59-RURAL FIRE PROTECTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND SMALL FARM RESEARCH AND EDUCATION > SUBCHAPTER I-RURAL COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION**

