Website Search Results for: EMS
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Date: Oct 2008
Examines the experiences of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in operating an emergency medical services (EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with administrators and ambulance staff from five CAHs. Discusses the benefits and challenges that CAH providers face in operating EMS services.
...EMS) unit. Findings are based on a rural ambulance service literature review and interviews with...
Date: Mar 2010
Examines State Flex Program trauma-related and emergency medical system (EMS) activities and the designation of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as trauma centers. Includes data by state on CAH trauma center designation.
...EMS) activities and the designation of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) as trauma centers. Includes data...
Date: Jul 2010
Summarizes challenges emergency medical services (EMS) face in rural areas and offers recommendations and strategies to improve access to EMS in rural communities.
...EMS) face in rural areas and offers recommendations and strategies to improve access to EMS...
Date: Aug 2010
Explores the state of rural emergency medical services (EMS) by interviewing 49 local directors from all-volunteer rural services in 23 states. Addresses rural volunteers, recruitment and retention of EMTs, funding rural EMS agencies, billing, and more.
...EMS: Reports from the Field --- Explores the state of rural emergency medical services (EMS) by interviewing...
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...
Date: Dec 2010
Summarizes the status of community paramedicine programs in 2010 and presents a synopsis of some of the opportunities and challenges state EMS offices will face as these programs are contemplated in local communities.
...EMS offices will face as these programs are contemplated in local communities. --- View more State...
Date: 2011
Assists volunteer ambulance services across the United States in recruiting and retaining volunteers. Includes self-assessment questions covering strengths, weaknesses, and long-term survivability. A product of the North Dakota Rural EMS Improvement Project.
...EMS Improvement Project. --- View more Volunteer Ambulance Service Sustainability: A Self-Assessment Tool Link View...
Date: May 2011
Identifies components critical to developing an EMS workforce for achieving integrated, community-based EMS systems. Discusses health, safety, and wellness of the EMS workforce; education and certification; data and research; and workforce planning and development. Discusses rural and volunteer EMS workforce.
...EMS workforce for achieving integrated, community-based EMS systems. Discusses health, safety, and wellness of the EMS...
Date: Oct 2011
Discusses the evidence base for the development of regional systems of care for patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Places special emphasis on the role of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and emergency medical services (EMS) providers, and is designed to act as a guide for State Flex Programs as they develop these local and regional systems of care.
...EMS) providers, and is designed to act as a guide for State Flex Programs as they...
Date: Dec 2011
Provides a comprehensive description of emergency medical services (EMS), EMS emergency preparedness, and 911 systems at state and national levels. Chapters 9, 10, 158, and 194 discuss rural EMS, including rural status, rural patient transports, and Critical Access Hospitals.
...EMS Assessment --- Provides a comprehensive description of emergency medical services (EMS), EMS emergency preparedness, and 911 systems...