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31. Bringing it All Together for EMS in Wright County, Iowa
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.

...EMS in Wright County, Iowa --- Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding...

32. State Flex Program Rural Emergency Medical Services Assessment Strategies
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...

33. Rural Emergency Hospital Conversion: Critical Factors for EMS Support
Date: Feb 2022

Policy position paper focused on emergency medical services (EMS) in communities with hospitals converting to Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) status. Outlines barriers to EMS delivery in rural areas including funding, workforce, and community engagement and support. Includes policy recommendations.

...EMS Support --- Policy position paper focused on emergency medical services (EMS) in communities with hospitals...

34. Distance Education in EMS: A Literature Review and Rural/Urban Comparison
Date: 2007

Explores what is known about distance learning in EMS and how distance learning is being used to provide continuing education to EMS professionals in rural and urban areas. Includes recommendations for future development and application.

...EMS: A Literature Review and Rural/Urban Comparison --- Explores what is known about distance learning in EMS...

35. Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma Topic Guide
Reviewed: Aug 2022

Provides an overview of EMS and trauma services in rural areas. Answers frequently asked questions about funding, equipment, training, recruitment, continuing education, trauma systems, trauma care, and other topics relating to rural EMS.

...EMS) and Trauma Topic Guide --- Provides an overview of EMS and trauma services in rural...

36. Emergency Medical Services Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems Approach
Date: Jun 2000

Shares a vision for an emergency medical services (EMS) education system that emphasizes the integration of EMS within the overall healthcare system. Discusses a systems approach to EMS education to enhance consistency of instructional quality. Identifies limitations of EMS education and proposed solutions.

...EMS) education system that emphasizes the integration of EMS within the overall healthcare system. Discusses...

37. Time Critical Incident Responses: Results from the 2016 Rural EMS Sustainability Survey
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...

38. Emergency Medical Services Professionals' Attitudes about Community Paramedic Programs
Date: Jun 2017

Evaluates perceptions and attitudes of emergency medical services (EMS) professionals' understanding and willingness to participate in community paramedic programs. Includes demographic data for EMS professionals participating in the study by level of certification or licensure and total years of EMS experience. Provides information on EMS participants' work experiences, including the type of community and population served.

...EMS) professionals' understanding and willingness to participate in community paramedic programs. Includes demographic data for EMS...

39. Rural EMS Managers Awareness Program
Date: 2007

Provides new emergency medical services agency managers with an orientation to the broad scope of an EMS system. Includes background information and covers 14 components of the EMS system.

...EMS system. Includes background information and covers 14 components of the EMS system. --- View more...

40. Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with James Small
Date: Dec 2023

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring James Small, Rural EMS Outreach Director for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. Focuses on rural emergency medical services workforce and funding shortages, and how rural EMS can be maintained and expanded.

...EMS can be maintained and expanded. --- View more Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with...