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21. Improving Access to EMS and Health Care in Rural Communities: A Strategic Plan
Date: Jul 2010

Summarizes challenges emergency medical services (EMS) face in rural areas and offers recommendations and strategies to improve access to EMS in rural communities.

...EMS) face in rural areas and offers recommendations and strategies to improve access to EMS...

22. Rural EMS Managers Awareness Program
Date: 2007

Provides new emergency medical services agency managers with an orientation to the broad scope of an EMS system. Includes background information and covers 14 components of the EMS system.

...EMS system. Includes background information and covers 14 components of the EMS system. --- View more...

23. State Flex Program Rural Emergency Medical Services Assessment Strategies
Date: Nov 2017

Policy brief describing the emergency medical service (EMS) assessment projects and tools implemented by five State Flex Programs in Arizona, California, Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin to improve the integration of EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations to improve local and regional EMS capacity and performance.

...EMS into rural systems of care. Identifies differences in EMS focused State Flex activities and collaborations...

24. EMS in Dixie County, Florida: Driving Data for Improved Health
Date: Jan 2020

Video details how Dixie County, Florida used supplemental Flex funding to improve reporting quality data collection of its rural emergency medical services (EMS). Explores the way the county used the supplement funding to improve the rate of data collection and data quality of the county's EMS.

...EMS. --- View more EMS in Dixie County, Florida: Driving Data for Improved Health Link View...

25. Emergency Medical Services Professionals' Attitudes about Community Paramedic Programs
Date: Jun 2017

Evaluates perceptions and attitudes of emergency medical services (EMS) professionals' understanding and willingness to participate in community paramedic programs. Includes demographic data for EMS professionals participating in the study by level of certification or licensure and total years of EMS experience. Provides information on EMS participants' work experiences, including the type of community and population served.

...EMS) professionals' understanding and willingness to participate in community paramedic programs. Includes demographic data for EMS...

26. Bringing it All Together for EMS in Wright County, Iowa
Date: Jan 2020

Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding to solidify their emergency medical services (EMS). Highlights the way the county used the supplement funding to initiate a project to design a sustainable EMS program that provides coverage to the whole county.

...EMS in Wright County, Iowa --- Video details how Wright County, Iowa, used supplemental Flex funding...

27. The EMS and Community Paramedic Workforces Respond to COVID-19
Date: Jun 2023

Results of a study in which 17 key informant experts shared their perspectives on how the emergency medical services (EMS) and community paramedicine (CP) workforces responded to COVID-19 during the first year of the pandemic. Also describes how the pandemic has affected EMS and CP. Features statistics on participant characteristics, with breakdowns by rural and urban locations.

...EMS and Community Paramedic Workforces Respond to COVID-19 --- Results of a study in which...

28. Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Communities: Policy Brief and Recommendations to the Secretary
Date: Nov 2022

Provides an overview of issues related to the provision of emergency medical services (EMS) in rural areas. Discusses rural EMS access, financing, and workforce challenges, as well as promising telehealth innovations. Outlines federal programs and resources that support EMS programs. Offers policy recommendations related to access to EMS, workforce, and reimbursement.

...EMS) in rural areas. Discusses rural EMS access, financing, and workforce challenges, as well as promising...

29. Emergency Medical Services Response Times in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Areas
Date: Oct 2017

Analyzes 2015 emergency medical services (EMS) data from 485 EMS agencies across the U.S. to describe the time period between a 9-1-1 call and EMS arrival, or response time. Includes EMS response time data for rural, suburban, and urban zip codes.

...EMS) data from 485 EMS agencies across the U.S. to describe the time period between...

30. How EMS in Rural Methow Valley, Washington, Coped with a Devastating Wildfire
Date: Oct 2014

Describes the emergency medical service (EMS) response in the aftermath of a wildfire, in which patients and providers were cut off from hospitals, 911 coverage, and power. Shows the importance of advanced preparedness and planning by rural EMS agencies.

...EMS agencies. --- View more How EMS in Rural Methow Valley, Washington, Coped with a Devastating...