Website Search Results for: EMS
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Added: Nov 14, 2022
Learn about preparing for, responding to, and recovering from mass casualty incidents in rural communities.
...EMS) in rural areas related to planning and preparing for mass casualty incidents. Although mass...
Date: Apr 2019
Analyzes data from counties across the United States to determine whether longer emergency medical service (EMS) response times are related to higher fatality rates from motor vehicle crashes. Includes EMS response times based on rurality, population density, proximity to trauma centers, and more.
...EMS) response times are related to higher fatality rates from motor vehicle crashes. Includes EMS...
Date: Jan 2017
Evaluates differences in rural and urban emergency medical services (EMS) using injury severity, care process, and mortality among injured patients based on data from rural and urban Oregon and Washington. Addresses distance to trauma centers, EMS structures, timing of death, and other factors.
...EMS) using injury severity, care process, and mortality among injured patients based on data from...
Date: Oct 2020
White paper focusing on rural EMS issues and how Informed Community Self Determination (ICSD) might be implemented to address these issues in Maine. Intended to ensure that individuals understand the EMS capabilities in their community, that the services are the type and level needed, and that services are adequately funded.
...EMS issues and how Informed Community Self Determination (ICSD) might be implemented to address these...
Date: Apr 2025
Examines barriers and facilitators to timely and high-quality acute stroke care in rural communities via interviews with 12 rural EMS professionals in North Carolina. Discusses topics including comprehensive stroke assessment, destination decision protocols, communication between EMS and hospital staff, transport distances, limited staffing, and more.
...EMS professionals in North Carolina. Discusses topics including comprehensive stroke assessment, destination decision protocols, communication...
Date: Jul 2023
Presents a framework regarding emergency medical services (EMS) outcome measurement for State Flex Programs (SFPs). Outlines a series of sequential steps, including identifying the needs to be addressed, educational programming, developing shared learning collaboratives/cohorts to support performance improvement, and implementing interventions. Offers practical examples of EMS performance improvement activities with short, intermediate, and long-term outcomes.
...EMS) outcome measurement for State Flex Programs (SFPs). Outlines a series of sequential steps, including...
Date: Mar 2012
Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current and prospective medical directors in performing their duties. Includes rural and volunteer agencies.
...EMS Medical Directors --- Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current...
Date: Sep 2019
Analyzes county-level data representing traumatic injury rates in rural Colorado. Discusses challenges to trauma care in rural areas, including distance to trauma centers, rates of injury, prevention resources, EMS response times, and limited EMS capacity. Includes county-level maps showing transportation time to trauma centers, mortality rates, and hospitalization rates for traumatic injury.
...EMS response times, and limited EMS capacity. Includes county-level maps showing transportation time to trauma...
Reviewed: Oct 7, 2025
RF-DASH provides trainings, tools, and resources to rural firefighters and EMTs to improve preparedness when called to farms and ranches.
...EMS) face significant challenges when responding to calls on farms and ranches. Agricultural operations often...
A list of common rural terms and the related Rural Health Information Hub topic guide.
...EMS, see Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma EMS and Trauma Environmental Health, see Social...