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141. Traumatic Injury and Access to Care in Rural Areas: Leveraging Linked Data and Geographic Information Systems for Planning and Advocacy - Resources
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...

142. Prehospital Emergency Medical Services Personnel: Comparing Rural and Urban Professional Experience and Provision of Evidence-Based Care - Resources
Date: May 2022

Describes the relationship between prehospital emergency medical services (EMS) providers' levels of experience and provision of evidence-based care for rural and urban populations. Features statistics on EMS agency sample characteristics and evidenced-based care for seizure, stroke, hypoglycemia, and trauma as of 2018, with breakdowns by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated rural locations.

...EMS) providers' levels of experience and provision of evidence-based care for rural and urban...

143. Engaging Communities to Preserve Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Maine - Resources
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...

144. National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services Meeting Minutes, Presque Isle, Maine, September 9-11, 2001 - Resources - Archive
Date: Sep 2001

Minutes from a National Advisory Committee on Rural Health & Human Services meeting addressing the following topics: an update from the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy, a report being prepared on the rural safety net, federal emergency medical services (EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services.

...EMS) activity, and Maine EMS services. --- National Advisory Committee on Rural Health and Human Services...

145. Rural Emergency Medical Services Perspectives on Improving Acute Stroke Care: A Qualitative Study - Resources
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...

146. Innovations in Overdose Response: Strategies Implemented by Emergency Medical Services Providers - Resources
Date: Jul 2021

Reports on the findings of an environmental scan conducted in collaboration with the National Association of EMS Officials looking for new and promising overdose response strategies for state and local EMS providers to increase access to treatment and recovery services. Discusses sharing data for public health surveillance and response, building system-wide partnerships, administering buprenorphine, developing post-overdose response teams, utilizing mobile integrated health clinics, and implementation barriers to be considered.

...EMS Officials looking for new and promising overdose response strategies for state and local EMS...

147. Wyoming's Ground Emergency Medical Services - A Primer on Operations, Costs and Potential Revenue - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Report describes Wyoming's emergency medical services (EMS) economic landscape and makes recommendations to improve long-term financial sustainability. Details EMS costs and revenue across the state by demographics and geography.

...EMS) economic landscape and makes recommendations to improve long-term financial sustainability. Details EMS costs...

148. Quantitative Effects of Mechanical Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Devices in Rural American Emergency Medical Services: A Retrospective Cohort Study - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Examines the effect of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidents in rural areas and the usefulness of new technologies on rural emergency medical services (EMS). Utilizes 2017–2019 National Emergency Medical Services Information System data to analyze 585 rural cardiac arrests and the impact of mechanical cardiopulmonary resuscitation on EMS care quality.

...EMS). Utilizes 2017–2019 National Emergency Medical Services Information System data to analyze 585 rural...

149. Rural EMS COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist - Resources
Date: Aug 2020

Provides a checklist for rural response agencies to evaluate their current level of preparedness and identify areas that need additional action to better respond to COVID-19. Covers planning, strategy, personal protective equipment and supplies, workforce and recruiting, and funding.

...EMS COVID-19 Preparedness Checklist --- Provides a checklist for rural response agencies to evaluate their...

150. Association Between Emergency Medical Service Response Time and Motor Vehicle Crash Mortality in the United States - Resources
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...