Website Search Results for: EMS
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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...
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...
Date: Jun 8, 2026
Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) funding has been granted to 39 emergency medical services (EMS) agencies in North Carolina to enhance the EMS workforce as well as improve access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment and services through mobile integrated health. Describes drug overdose disparities in rural communities. Source: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.
...EMS) agencies in North Carolina to enhance the EMS workforce as well as improve access...
Reviewed: Aug 22, 2025
Summary information for the organization National Association of State EMS Officials, including related information from this organization listed on the RHIhub website.
...EMS Officials (NASEMSO) --- Summary information for the organization National Association of State EMS Officials, including...
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...
Date: Feb 2022
Policy position paper focused on emergency medical services (EMS) in communities with hospitals converting to Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) status. Outlines barriers to EMS delivery in rural areas including funding, workforce, and community engagement and support. Includes policy recommendations.
...EMS Support --- Policy position paper focused on emergency medical services (EMS) in communities with hospitals...
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. --- How EMS in Rural Methow Valley, Washington, Coped with a Devastating Wildfire Describes...
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...
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...
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. --- Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with James Small...