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31. Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with James Small
Date: Dec 2023

An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring James Small, Rural EMS Outreach Director for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. Focuses on rural emergency medical services workforce and funding shortages, and how rural EMS can be maintained and expanded.

...EMS can be maintained and expanded. --- View more Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with...

32. Minnesota 2016 Rural EMS Sustainability Survey Results
Date: 2016

Reports the results of a rural emergency medical service (EMS) sustainability survey conducted in Minnesota in 2016. Analyzes data describing rural EMS characteristics, workforce and staffing, medical direction, financial management, agency leadership, and community relations.

...EMS Sustainability Survey Results --- Reports the results of a rural emergency medical service (EMS) sustainability...

33. 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...

34. 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...

35. Time Critical Incident Responses: Results from the 2016 Rural EMS Sustainability Survey
Date: May 2019

Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS) in Minnesota are trained to assess, manage, and treat patients experiencing time critical events, such as trauma, stroke, ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), or sudden cardiac arrest. Includes time critical event statistics for each rural EMS region.

...EMS Sustainability Survey --- Analyzes 2016 survey data to examine how rural emergency medical services (EMS...

36. Rural Volunteer EMS: Reports from the Field
Date: Aug 2010

Explores the state of rural emergency medical services (EMS) by interviewing 49 local directors from all-volunteer rural services in 23 states. Addresses rural volunteers, recruitment and retention of EMTs, funding rural EMS agencies, billing, and more.

...EMS: Reports from the Field --- Explores the state of rural emergency medical services (EMS) by interviewing...

37. 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.

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38. Adequacy of EMS Systems of Care Protocols for Adults with OHCA, STEMI & Stroke in Oregon: A Structured Review
Date: Oct 2016

Examines the emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols practiced in ambulance agencies in Oregon. Focuses on how they align with evidence-based practices for EMS treatment for adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction), and stroke. Includes rural/urban comparisons.

...EMS Systems of Care Protocols for Adults with OHCA, STEMI & Stroke in Oregon: A Structured...

39. 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...

40. The Emergency Medical Services Workforce Agenda for the Future
Date: May 2011

Identifies components critical to developing an EMS workforce for achieving integrated, community-based EMS systems. Discusses health, safety, and wellness of the EMS workforce; education and certification; data and research; and workforce planning and development. Discusses rural and volunteer EMS workforce.

...EMS workforce for achieving integrated, community-based EMS systems. Discusses health, safety, and wellness of the EMS...