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Enhancing Rural Emergency Communications Capabilities

Description
Highlights the accomplishments of University of Mississippi Medical Center's First Hands Program to establish communication systems and agency interoperability between non-medical first responders and medical teams, improve disaster response coordination, and identify solutions to improve the delivery of rural emergency medical care. This program was funded by the Rural Emergency Medical Communications Demonstration Project (REMCDP) established by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and addresses the goals and objectives of the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP).
Date
12/2020
Type
Document
Organization
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Tagged as
Access · Emergency medical services · Emergency preparedness and response · Mississippi