Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Emergency medical services
Resources for Optimal Care of the Injured Patient 2014
Discusses regional trauma systems and levels of trauma centers. Chapter 13 focuses on rural trauma care.
Author(s): Michael F. Rotondo, Chris Cribari, R. Stephen Smith
Date: 2014
Sponsoring organization: American College of Surgeons
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Discusses regional trauma systems and levels of trauma centers. Chapter 13 focuses on rural trauma care.
Author(s): Michael F. Rotondo, Chris Cribari, R. Stephen Smith
Date: 2014
Sponsoring organization: American College of Surgeons
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Emergency Medical Services Response to Motor Vehicle Crashes in Rural Areas: A Synthesis of Highway Practice
Identifies potential factors that may help reduce the time necessary to provide effective medical care to vehicle crash victims on rural roads. Includes rural statistics and data.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 04/2013
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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Identifies potential factors that may help reduce the time necessary to provide effective medical care to vehicle crash victims on rural roads. Includes rural statistics and data.
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Date: 04/2013
Sponsoring organization: National Cooperative Highway Research Program
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A National Agenda for Community Paramedicine Research
Summarizes comments from community paramedicine stakeholders at an October 2012 meeting on community paramedicine. Includes discussion and collaboration aimed at building a national evidence base on community paramedicine.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Susan M. Skillman
Date: 02/2013
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Summarizes comments from community paramedicine stakeholders at an October 2012 meeting on community paramedicine. Includes discussion and collaboration aimed at building a national evidence base on community paramedicine.
Author(s): Davis G. Patterson, Susan M. Skillman
Date: 02/2013
Sponsoring organization: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
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Rural Acute Myocardial Infarction Survey (RAMIS)
Discusses an online survey that polled Critical Access Hospitals in Nebraska regarding delay factors in rural hospitals and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Author(s): Nikiah Nudell, Don Rice, John Gale, Gary Wingrove, Tom Bouthillet
Citation: International Paramedic Practice, 2(1)
Date: 01/2013
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Discusses an online survey that polled Critical Access Hospitals in Nebraska regarding delay factors in rural hospitals and treatment for patients with acute myocardial infarction.
Author(s): Nikiah Nudell, Don Rice, John Gale, Gary Wingrove, Tom Bouthillet
Citation: International Paramedic Practice, 2(1)
Date: 01/2013
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Emergency Transfers of the Elderly from Nursing Facilities to Critical Access Hospitals: Opportunities for Improving Patient Safety and Quality
Examines the evidence and best practices to improve the nursing facility-to-hospital transition of care. Provides tools to improve communication between patients, nursing facilities, and hospitals. Includes recommendations for the role of state Flex Programs in the transition of care process.
Author(s): Karen B. Pearson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Examines the evidence and best practices to improve the nursing facility-to-hospital transition of care. Provides tools to improve communication between patients, nursing facilities, and hospitals. Includes recommendations for the role of state Flex Programs in the transition of care process.
Author(s): Karen B. Pearson, Andrew F. Coburn
Date: 01/2013
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Handbook for EMS Medical Directors
Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current and prospective medical directors in performing their duties. Includes rural and volunteer agencies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Provides a baseline overview of key roles and responsibilities to assist current and prospective medical directors in performing their duties. Includes rural and volunteer agencies.
Date: 03/2012
Sponsoring organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Developing Regional STEMI Systems of Care: A Review of the Evidence and the Role of the Flex Program
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.
Author(s): John A. Gale
Date: 10/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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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.
Author(s): John A. Gale
Date: 10/2011
Sponsoring organization: Flex Monitoring Team
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Missouri 2010-2013 Rural Health Plan
Identifies and addresses 4 priority rural health issues in Missouri, including: access to affordable health care, transportation, emergency services, and lack of rural health workforce.
Date: 04/2011
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Identifies and addresses 4 priority rural health issues in Missouri, including: access to affordable health care, transportation, emergency services, and lack of rural health workforce.
Date: 04/2011
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
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Preparedness and Response to a Rural Mass Casualty Incident: Workshop Summary
Discusses problems in contacting emergency medical services when incidents occur in rural areas, such as delayed assistance, limited or no cell phone service, limited access to land lines, no 911 service, transportation, lack of hospital resources, and distances between hospitals and incident sites.
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Author(s): Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, Bruce Altevogt
Date: 2011
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Discusses problems in contacting emergency medical services when incidents occur in rural areas, such as delayed assistance, limited or no cell phone service, limited access to land lines, no 911 service, transportation, lack of hospital resources, and distances between hospitals and incident sites.
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Author(s): Kristin Viswanathan, Theresa Wizemann, Bruce Altevogt
Date: 2011
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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A Novel Emergency Medical Services-Based Program to Identify and Assist Older Adults in a Rural Community
Describes a program using EMS providers to screen older adults for common geriatric syndromes and provide referrals to case managers and community resources.
Author(s): Manish N. Shah, Thomas V. Caprio, Peter Swanson, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(11), 2205-2211
Date: 11/2010
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Describes a program using EMS providers to screen older adults for common geriatric syndromes and provide referrals to case managers and community resources.
Author(s): Manish N. Shah, Thomas V. Caprio, Peter Swanson, et al.
Citation: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(11), 2205-2211
Date: 11/2010
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