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201. Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural & Frontier Emergency Medical Services in the U.S. Health System - Resources - Archive
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...

202. Essential Research Issues in Rural Health: The State Rural Health Directors' Perspective - Resources - Archive
Date: Mar 2002

Focuses on the key issues confronting state rural health directors. The major research issues identified were workforce, mental health, EMS, telemedicine, and a lack of local data.

...EMS, telemedicine, and a lack of local data. --- Essential Research Issues in Rural Health: The State...

203. The Effect of Rural Hospital Closures on Emergency Medical Service Response and Transport Times - Resources
Date: Apr 2020

Examines ways in which rural hospital closures affect EMS response time, transport time, and total activation time, using data from 2010-2016. Features statistics comparing rates prior to rural hospital closure and immediately post-closure.

...EMS response time, transport time, and total activation time, using data from 2010-2016. Features...

204. Rural Health on Life Support - The State of America's Rural Health Systems - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

Podcast episode discussing the rural health landscape and how policies affect rural healthcare systems and service delivery. Covers rural hospital closures, payment policy, workforce concerns, emergency medical services (EMS), the Rural Emergency Hospital designation, and more.

...EMS), the Rural Emergency Hospital designation, and more. --- Rural Health on Life Support - The State...

205. Future of Emergency Care: Dissemination Workshop Summaries - Resources
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. --- Future of Emergency Care: Dissemination Workshop Summaries Read Online Summarizes...

206. Infectious Disease Outbreak Case Studies – RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Brief summaries of case studies describing how rural communities, healthcare facilities, first responders, and others have responded to and addressed infectious disease outbreaks.

...EMS) practitioners and placed them in the tier 1 recipient category for the vaccine rollout...

207. Tour Bus Carrying 30 Chinese Nationals Crashes Near Bryce Canyon, Utah – Local Critical Access Hospital Helps Lead Response to Mass Casualty Incident - RHIhub Emergency Preparedness Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Nov 14, 2022

Describes how the Advancing Unified Guidance for Medical Emergencies with Network Telehealth for the Emergency Departments and Emergency Medical Services of Greater Vermont (AUGMENT Tele-ED/EMS) project supported rural providers by providing telehealth equipment and assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

...EMS) agencies responded to the accident that day. Upon reaching the crash site and surveying...

208. Characterizing Prehospital Wall Fall Injuries at the US-Mexico Border - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Research letter examining fall-related first aid encounters from October 1, 2023, to January 31, 2024 at an open-air detention site at the U.S.-Mexico border in California. Provides data on demographics, types and locations of injuries encountered, treatment provided, and characteristics of cases with EMS activation.

...EMS activation. --- Characterizing Prehospital Wall Fall Injuries at the US-Mexico Border Research letter examining...

209. Geographic Variation in Trauma Deaths in Rural Illinois: A Hypothesis about Trauma Deserts - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Analyzes the relationship between trauma deserts and trauma mortality in Illinois counties. Includes metro versus nonmetro comparisons of mortality rates due to various health conditions, as well as driving distances to the nearest emergency medical services (EMS) by county.

...EMS) by county. --- Geographic Variation in Trauma Deaths in Rural Illinois: A Hypothesis about Trauma...

210. Minnesota Crisis Standards of Care Framework: Surge Operations and Crisis Care for Emergency Medical Services - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

An overview of crisis care operational strategies for first responders, ambulance service providers, public safety answering points (PSAP)/911 dispatchers, and other crisis related healthcare facilities and organizations. Developed by a Minnesota EMS Crisis Standards of Care Workgroup to provide guidance for rural and urban communities in their development of crisis care policies and procedures. Discusses surge capacity, rural ambulance service dispatch and destination considerations, applicable Minnesota state statutes and ordinances, the importance of a formal review and quality assurance process, and recovery priorities for ambulance services.

...EMS Crisis Standards of Care Workgroup to provide guidance for rural and urban communities in their...