Website Search Results for: EMS
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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: 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...
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...
Date: Oct 2008
Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in operating an emergency medical services (EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with administrators and ambulance staff from five CAHs. Discusses the benefits and challenges that CAH providers face in operating EMS services.
...EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with...
Date: Feb 2022
Reviews 428,054 emergency medical services (EMS) instances between January 2013 and May 2018 related to acute cardiac complaints to examine differences in time spent between EMS dispatch and hospital arrival for rural and urban patients. Discusses inequities in time to care by age, sex, transport mode, and patient status.
...EMS) instances between January 2013 and May 2018 related to acute cardiac complaints to examine...
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...
Date: Sep 2026
Describes ways in which North Carolina is improving rural healthcare by connecting emergency medical services, mobile integrated health, and trauma systems. Discusses the state's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) investment and offers suggestions for ensuring sustainable funding, workforce investment, and regional partnerships.
...EMS, Trauma Systems, and Mobile Integrated Health --- Describes ways in which North Carolina is improving...
Date: Jan 2026
Podcast episode that discusses Simulation in Motion-Iowa (SIM-IA), a mobile clinical education program that provides rural hospitals and emergency medical service (EMS) professionals training experience in healthcare emergencies. Discusses the importance of SIM-IA in rural healthcare education to promote quality and patient safety in EMS and trauma situations.
...EMS) professionals training experience in healthcare emergencies. Discusses the importance of SIM-IA in rural...
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...
Added: Aug 26, 2022
A community health center in rural Maine uses specially-trained paramedics to provide after-hours and weekend care.
...EMS service available to the community. The Jackman Community Health Center had increasingly struggled to find...