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Date: 2007
Highlights several town hall meetings that were conducted by the Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center during which rural EMS providers identified issues of concern to their local agency. Topics covered include funding, advocacy, recruitment and retention, training, and public awareness of the emergency medical technician (EMT) profession.
...EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center during which rural EMS providers identified issues of concern...
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...
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...
Date: 2007
Outlines a community planning process for rural EMS systems that that engages local stakeholders to facilitate appropriate planning and decision-making at the local level.
...EMS System --- Outlines a community planning process for rural EMS systems that that engages local...
Date: 2007
Part one in a series of three reports from the Committee on the Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System. Examines pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce.
...EMS). Discusses issues specific to rural EMS and the rural EMS workforce. --- View more Future...
Date: 2007
Summarizes the proceedings of three one-day regional dissemination workshops, conducted in Salt Lake City, UT; Chicago, IL; and New Orleans, LA. Topics include pediatric emergency care and care in rural areas; workforce issues and hospital efficiency; and EMS issues and disaster preparedness.
...EMS issues and disaster preparedness. --- View more Future of Emergency Care: Dissemination Workshop Summaries Link...
Date: 2007
Compares the findings of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Emergency Care reports with previous work on rural health and with the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document. Identifies similarities and overlaps of the recommendations and approaches.
...EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document. Identifies...
Date: May 2008
Explores rural-urban differences in medical oversight and the recruitment and retention of emergency medical technicians and paramedics as reported by a survey of 1,425 local EMS directors.
...EMS Directors --- Explores rural-urban differences in medical oversight and the recruitment and retention of emergency...
Date: May 2008
Describes the characteristics of local rural EMS agencies and important ways that they differ from the characteristics of agencies located in urban areas.
...EMS Agencies --- Describes the characteristics of local rural EMS agencies and important ways that they...
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. --- View more Challenges for Rural Emergency Medical Services: Medical Oversight Link View Resource...