Website Search Results for: EMS
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Date: Jan 2021
Study examining the perspectives of rural emergency medical service (EMS) providers on key issues related to the opioid crisis, including prescription, ease of access to opioids, socioeconomic vulnerability, mental health, and lack of alternative treatment options. Discusses qualitative data taken from 123 surveys addressing perceived causes and solutions to the crisis.
...EMS) providers on key issues related to the opioid crisis, including prescription, ease of access...
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: Mar 2025
Presents a study reviewing the 911 calls pertaining to opioid overdose in the Nogales, AZ area. Details the prehospital care received in the rural, borderland community and evaluates EMS's adherence to naloxone distribution protocol.
...EMS's adherence to naloxone distribution protocol. --- Epidemiology of 911 Calls for Opioid Overdose in Nogales...
Date: May 2004
Describes trends in state activities for the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program (Flex Program). Includes an overview and specific state examples for different aspects of the Flex program, including rural health planning, Critical Access Hospital designation, EMS, quality improvement, and health information technology.
...EMS, quality improvement, and health information technology. --- A Synthesis of State Flex Program Plans 2003-2004 Describes...
Date: Feb 2014
Examines the role of the Flex program in supporting state Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in rural communities. Analyses the evidence base for community paramedicine in rural communities, the role of community paramedics in rural healthcare delivery systems, and the challenges faced by states in implementing community paramedicine programs.
...EMS) in rural communities. Analyses the evidence base for community paramedicine in rural communities, the role...
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: 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: 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...
Date: Oct 2022
Explores a variety of characteristics of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) and rural hospitals eligible to convert to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation, including patient volume, services and technology, EMS, and clinical staffing characteristics. Compares eligible hospitals by emergency department volume in 2019. Summarizes observations made by emergency department physician advisers regarding this data and REH implementation concerns.
...EMS, and clinical staffing characteristics. Compares eligible hospitals by emergency department volume in 2019. Summarizes...
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...