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171. Filling Gaps and Avoiding Duplication: Community Paramedics and Ambulance Services - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Gary Wingrove, President of the Paramedic Foundation, discusses the vital role emergency medical services play in rural communities, and the role community paramedics can fill in a changing healthcare system. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS leaders, answering the question What do the recent changes to – and the transformation of – rural...

172. 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...

173. Infectious Disease Outbreak Case Studies – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Brief summaries of case studies describing how rural communities, healthcare facilities, first responders, and others have responded to and addressed infectious disease outbreaks.

...EMS) practitioners and placed them in the tier 1 recipient category for the vaccine rollout...

174. 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...

175. A Novel Emergency Medical Services-Based Program to Identify and Assist Older Adults in a Rural Community - Resources
Date: Nov 2010

Describes a program using EMS providers to screen older adults for common geriatric syndromes and provide referrals to case managers and community resources.

...EMS providers to screen older adults for common geriatric syndromes and provide referrals to case...

176. Challenges for Rural Emergency Medical Services: Medical Oversight - Resources
Date: May 2008

Examines the challenges faced by rural emergency medical service agencies in recruiting a medical director and providing medical direction for EMS personnel.

...EMS personnel. --- Challenges for Rural Emergency Medical Services: Medical Oversight Examines the challenges faced by rural...

177. Patient-Level and County-Level Trends in Nonfatal Opioid-Involved Overdose Emergency Medical Services Encounters — 491 Counties, United States, January 2018–March 2022 - Resources
Date: Aug 2022

Reports on trends in rates of EMS encounters for nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses during January 2018–March 2022, based on data from 491 counties in 21 states. Includes trend data by quarter for rural and urban counties.

...EMS encounters for nonfatal opioid-involved overdoses during January 2018–March 2022, based on data...

178. 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...

179. 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...

180. Healthcare Hollow: Infections Can Be Deadly in Rural Tennessee; One County Is Trying To Change That - News
Date: Apr 14, 2026

EMS crews in rural Hawkins County, Tennessee can now carry antibiotics in ambulances. This allows them to treat sepsis, one of the leading causes of hospitalization in Hawkins County, before reaching the emergency room. Source: WPLN.

...EMS crews in rural Hawkins County, Tennessee can now carry antibiotics in ambulances. This allows...