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201. A Novel Emergency Medical Services-Based Program to Identify and Assist Older Adults in a Rural Community - Resources
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...

202. Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: May 14, 2025

Provides resources and answers frequently asked questions related to emergency preparedness and response for rural communities. Includes information on resources available for rural communities encountering emergency management challenges, emergency preparedness requirements for rural healthcare facilities, communication planning, and multiple tools and resources for preparedness planning for individuals, healthcare facilities, and communities in rural America.

...EMS). Some rural areas lack local public health departments and instead rely on state public...

203. The Two Georgias: Addressing Health Equity in Rural Georgia - Resources
Date: 2016

A series of articles discussing health disparities between rural and urban Georgia. Includes sections devoted to literature reviews, qualitative research, population science, needs assessments, and public health practices. Topics range from rural hospital closure, access and use of EMS services, and teen pregnancy, to social determinants of health as connected to childcare programs.

...EMS services, and teen pregnancy, to social determinants of health as connected to childcare programs...

204. Rural Emergency Medical Service Providers Perceptions on the Causes of and Solutions to the Opioid Crisis: A Qualitative Assessment - Resources
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...

205. Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke Care: A Brain Attack Coalition Symposium Report - Resources
Date: Oct 2022

Presents findings from the Brain Attack Coalition's Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke Care symposium. Identifies barriers to access and disparities in healthcare delivery, and discusses underserved populations, including people in rural areas, throughout. Provides recommendations on policy, research, and service delivery approaches to address inequities and improve stroke care delivery in EMS, acute and hyperacute, and inpatient settings.

...EMS, acute and hyperacute, and inpatient settings. --- Inequities in Access and Delivery of Acute Stroke...

206. COSSA Advanced EMT Class - Models & Innovations
Added: Jul 19, 2024

A new course for high school students in Idaho is the first of its kind in the country.

...EMS workers, is one of six states that allow people younger than 18 to enroll...

207. When Ambulances Wait at the Emergency Department: Hospital Factors and Offload times in California - Resources
Date: May 2026

Analyzes ambulance patient offload time (APOT) between emergency medical services (EMS) and 310 emergency departments (ED) in California in 2022 to determine associations with hospital characteristics including rurality and number of ED treatment stations. The study data precedes a 2023 state law establishing statewide standards for APOT and so aims to offer baseline metrics for understanding policy impact.

...EMS) and 310 emergency departments (ED) in California in 2022 to determine associations with hospital...

208. Filling Gaps and Avoiding Duplication: Community Paramedics and Ambulance Services - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Gary Wingrove, President of the Paramedic Foundation, discusses the vital role emergency medical services play in rural communities, and the role community paramedics can fill in a changing healthcare system. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS leaders, answering the question What do the recent changes to – and the transformation of – rural...

209. Epidemiology of 911 Calls for Opioid Overdose in Nogales, Arizona - Resources
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...

210. The Association of Crash Response Times and Deaths at the Crash Scene: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Using the 2019 National Emergency Medical Service Information System - Resources
Date: Sep 2022

Compares EMS response times with rates of crash scene deaths by rural and urban region and by rush and non-rush hour periods. Breaks down the demographic characteristics of the people involved in the crash, such as age, sex, substances involved, and injuries, as well as mortality and rurality, among other measures.

...EMS response times with rates of crash scene deaths by rural and urban region and by rush...