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171. Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke Care: A Brain Attack Coalition Symposium Report - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Presents findings from the Brain Attack Coalition's Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke Care symposium. Identifies barriers to access and disparities in healthcare delivery, and discusses underserved populations, including people in rural areas, throughout. Provides recommendations on policy, research, and service delivery approaches to address inequities and improve stroke care delivery in EMS, acute and hyperacute, and inpatient settings.

...EMS, acute and hyperacute, and inpatient settings. --- Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke...

172. Emergency Medical Services Encounters for Firearm Injuries — 858 Counties, United States, January 2019–September 2023 - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Reports on emergency medical services (EMS) encounters for firearm injury in 858 counties in 27 states. Includes annual data by location for metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore areas.

...EMS) encounters for firearm injury in 858 counties in 27 states. Includes annual data by location...

173. Geographic Variation in Trauma Deaths in Rural Illinois: A Hypothesis about Trauma Deserts - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Analyzes the relationship between trauma deserts and trauma mortality in Illinois counties. Includes metro versus nonmetro comparisons of mortality rates due to various health conditions, as well as driving distances to the nearest emergency medical services (EMS) by county.

...EMS) by county. --- Geographic Variation in Trauma Deaths in Rural Illinois: A Hypothesis about Trauma...

174. Rural Community Ambulance Agency Transformation Toolkit - Resources
Reviewed: Jul 2025

Provides a self-assessment and resources to help rural ambulance agencies move from volume to value and meet the core competencies outlined in the Baldridge Excellence Framework for Health Care. Offers resources related to EMS leadership, strategic planning, the workforce, operations and processes, community involvement, data collection and analysis, and quality outcomes.

...EMS leadership, strategic planning, the workforce, operations and processes, community involvement, data collection and analysis...

175. Minnesota Crisis Standards of Care Framework: Surge Operations and Crisis Care for Emergency Medical Services - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

An overview of crisis care operational strategies for first responders, ambulance service providers, public safety answering points (PSAP)/911 dispatchers, and other crisis related healthcare facilities and organizations. Developed by a Minnesota EMS Crisis Standards of Care Workgroup to provide guidance for rural and urban communities in their development of crisis care policies and procedures. Discusses surge capacity, rural ambulance service dispatch and destination considerations, applicable Minnesota state statutes and ordinances, the importance of a formal review and quality assurance process, and recovery priorities for ambulance services.

...EMS Crisis Standards of Care Workgroup to provide guidance for rural and urban communities in their...

176. The Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Emergency Medical Service Response and Transport Times - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Examines ways in which rural hospital closures affect EMS response time, transport time, and total activation time, using data from 2010-2016. Features statistics comparing rates prior to rural hospital closure and immediately post-closure.

...EMS response time, transport time, and total activation time, using data from 2010-2016. Features...

177. Tour Bus Carrying 30 Chinese Nationals Crashes Near Bryce Canyon, Utah – Local Critical Access Hospital Helps Lead Response to Mass Casualty Incident - RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Describes how the Advancing Unified Guidance for Medical Emergencies with Network Telehealth for the Emergency Departments and Emergency Medical Services of Greater Vermont (AUGMENT Tele-ED/EMS) project supported rural providers by providing telehealth equipment and assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

...EMS) agencies responded to the accident that day. Upon reaching the crash site and surveying...

178. Mass Casualty Incident Occurs when Duck Boat Sinks in Rural Missouri — Local Fire Protection Districts Lead Response and Recovery — RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Shares how the Southern Stone County Fire Protection District responded to a mass casualty incident after a storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri in July of 2018.

...EMS) and the Taney County Ambulance District (TCAD) paramedics to triage and tend to the wounded...

179. Michigan Center for Rural Health 2023 Annual Report - Resources
Date: 2023

Provides an overview of the mission, programming, events, and outreach of the Michigan Center for Rural Health. Focuses on issues such as health workforce education, healthcare access, social determinants of health (SDOH), emergency medical services (EMS), hospital programs, and more.

...EMS), hospital programs, and more. --- Michigan Center for Rural Health 2023 Annual Report Provides an overview...

180. The Two Georgias: Addressing Health Equity in Rural Georgia - Resources
Date: 2016

A series of articles discussing health disparities between rural and urban Georgia. Includes sections devoted to literature reviews, qualitative research, population science, needs assessments, and public health practices. Topics range from rural hospital closure, access and use of EMS services, and teen pregnancy, to social determinants of health as connected to childcare programs.

...EMS services, and teen pregnancy, to social determinants of health as connected to childcare programs...