Rural Monitor Search Results for: EMS
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Date: Nov 13, 2024
The RUPRI Health Panel, consisting of six of the foremost rural health experts from across the country, is celebrating 30 years of nonpartisan policy analysis. Members reflect on the Panel's history – and their ongoing commitment to representing rural communities and perspectives in national health policy discussions. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS) for all rural residents, state legislatures should designate EMS as an essential service and provide...
Date: May 29, 2024
Ten measures developed by the state's EMS office have been endorsed by the National Emergency Medical Services Quality Alliance. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS and NEMSQA officials are hopeful that these measures will improve rural EMS care across...
Date: Apr 10, 2024
While an estimated 20% of Americans live in rural areas, 40% of traffic deaths occur on rural roads. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS agencies often cover much broader swaths of land than urban agencies, leading to significantly...
Date: Jan 10, 2024
Rural health expert Tim Putnam, DHA, shares leadership perspectives and ideas gained from his roles as a rural hospital CEO, a member of a White House task force, and now in his academic healthcare policy position. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS provides. I'd always advocated that everybody needs to be an EMT because the lessons...
Date: Sep 20, 2023
The health impacts of extreme heat events are being felt by both urban and rural populations. But experts say the factors contributing to urban and rural susceptibility may differ significantly — and some of the most promising strategies for mitigating the impacts in urban areas may not be as useful in sparsely populated rural counties. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS HeatTracker [no longer available online], released in August on the National EMS Information System...
Date: Aug 9, 2023
Project Swaddle uses community paramedics to bring wrap-around care to pregnant and postpartum patients. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS Division Chief for the Crawfordsville Fire Department. "And, resoundingly, he has knocked it out of the park...
Date: Feb 8, 2023
Across the rural West, an awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality – and how to minimize those impacts – is growing. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS worker, he saw a noticeable increase in asthma and COPD exacerbations when the smoke...
Date: Nov 30, 2022
Rural EMS providers have fewer chances to practice their skills on the job, but simulation tools can help small agencies prepare for high-stress calls. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS professional trains using a virtual reality headset provided by Maine EMS. Maine EMS, the state...
Date: Oct 5, 2022
To keep 24/7 urgent care available in Maine's Moose River Valley, a new pilot program lets paramedics take shifts staffing the local health center after-hours and on weekends. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS as the spackle of healthcare: If there's a crack, you can use EMS...
Date: Aug 17, 2022
A partnership between a Federally Qualified Health Center and the local ambulance district in Washington County, Missouri lets chronically ill patients access preventive care from the comfort of home. - The Rural Monitor
...EMS education programs at MAC work with the MIHN and other EMS providers in the region...