Website Search Results for: EMS
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Date: May 2019
Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS) in Minnesota are trained to assess, manage, and treat patients experiencing time critical events, such as trauma, stroke, ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or sudden cardiac arrest. Includes time critical event statistics for each rural EMS region.
...EMS Sustainability Survey --- Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS...
Date: 2016
Reports the results of a rural emergency medical service (EMS) sustainability survey conducted in Minnesota in 2016. Analyzes data describing rural EMS characteristics, workforce and staffing, medical direction, financial management, agency leadership, and community relations.
...EMS Sustainability Survey Results --- Reports the results of a rural emergency medical service (EMS) sustainability...
Date: Apr 2022
Discusses funding, hiring, collaboration, and policy to support emergency medical services (EMS) in rural Minnesota. Utilizes Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) survey data and interview data to discuss issues related to EMS management and sustainability. Provides charts showing recruitment and training barriers in rural versus urban areas.
...EMS: Taking the Next Step --- Discusses funding, hiring, collaboration, and policy to support emergency medical...
Date: Oct 2014
Describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response in the aftermath of a wildfire, in which patients and providers were cut off from hospitals, 911 coverage, and power. Shows the importance of advanced preparedness and planning by rural EMS agencies.
...EMS agencies. --- How EMS in Rural Methow Valley, Washington, Coped with a Devastating Wildfire Describes...
Date: Oct 2016
Examines the emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols practiced in ambulance agencies in Oregon. Focuses on how they align with evidence-based practices for EMS treatment for adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction), and stroke. Includes rural/urban comparisons.
...EMS Systems of Care Protocols for Adults with OHCA, STEMI & Stroke in Oregon: A Structured...
Date: Aug 2025
Explores models of emergency medical services (EMS) at the state level. Includes a case study exploring successes in Minnesota and offers policy recommendations to overcome common rural EMS challenges.
...EMS Regionalization - Opportunities and Policy Considerations --- Explores models of emergency medical services (EMS) at the state...
Date: Jan 2020
Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding to solidify their emergency medical services (EMS). Highlights the way the county used the supplement funding to initiate a project to design a sustainable EMS program that provides coverage to the whole county. Transcript available below description.
...EMS in Wright County, Iowa --- Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding...
Added: Jun 2026
Discusses emergency medical service (EMS) access in rural Vilas County, Wisconsin. Includes a video about the service sharing agreement reached by 4 towns to provide EMS with full-time paramedics and EMTs.
...EMS — and Cut Response Times in Half --- Discusses emergency medical service (EMS) access in rural...
Date: Nov 2017
Policy brief describing the emergency medical service (EMS) assessment projects and tools implemented by five State Flex Programs in Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin to improve the integration of EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations to improve local and regional EMS capacity and performance.
...EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations...
Date: Jul 15, 2026
A North Dakota county has changed an employee policy to allow county staff to use leave from work for volunteer ambulance service. The change is intended to increase the pool of emergency medical service (EMS) volunteers. Notes that volunteers are common for staffing rural EMS. Source: National Association of Counties County News.
...EMS) volunteers. Notes that volunteers are common for staffing rural EMS. Source: National Association of Counties...