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1. Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Jun 5, 2024

Provides an overview of EMS and trauma services in rural areas. Answers frequently asked questions about funding, equipment, training, recruitment, continuing education, trauma systems, trauma care, and other topics relating to rural EMS.

...EMS? Who makes up the rural EMS workforce? What can rural EMS agencies do to recruit...

2. Recruitment and Retention: Overcoming the Rural EMS Dilemma - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Feb 7, 2018

Limited funding, expanding coverage areas, and a cultural shift in volunteerism across generations has motivated EMS leaders to find new recruitment methods that attract more personnel and keep them as long as possible. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS Rescue (HGH EMS Rescue) in Winnemucca, Nevada to have 25 full-time paid EMS...

3. Making Informed Decisions about Rural EMS - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Apr 3, 2019

In rural America, many community members do not understand the skill level, training, and availability of the people who answer their 911 calls. The Informed Self-Determination Process helped the community of St. George, Maine learn about their EMS system and created consensus about what EMS would look like in their town. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS system and created consensus about what EMS would look like in their town. - The Rural...

4. Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable, with James Small – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Dec 5, 2023

The December 2023 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with James Small, Rural EMS Outreach Director for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.

...EMS Outreach Director for the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health. --- Keeping Rural EMS Reliable and Sustainable...

5. Aiming For 'Real and Accessible': EMS Simulations Give Rural Providers Hands-On Experience - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Nov 30, 2022

Rural EMS providers have fewer chances to practice their skills on the job, but simulation tools can help small agencies prepare for high-stress calls. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS professional trains using a virtual reality headset provided by Maine EMS. Maine EMS, the state...

6. EMS Live@Nite - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Sep 11, 2023

Providence Health Training delivers free online training to rural EMS providers via video teleconferencing, saving volunteers time, travel, and cost.

...EMS providers to receive training. Because there is little funding available for EMS training, the EMS...

7. With New EMS Quality Measures, Florida Aims to Have a National Impact on Rural Care - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: May 29, 2024

Ten measures developed by the state's EMS office have been endorsed by the National Emergency Medical Services Quality Alliance. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS and NEMSQA officials are hopeful that these measures will improve rural EMS care across...

8. Being Forward-Thinking as EMS Agencies Plan for the Future - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Sep 7, 2016

Don Wood, Director of the Utah Office of Primary Care and Rural Health and Co-chair of the Joint Committee on Rural EMS Care (JCREC), discusses the effects of hospital closures on rural EMS and the role telehealth might play in the future delivery of emergency care. - The Rural Monitor

...EMS Care (JCREC), discusses the effects of hospital closures on rural EMS and the role...

9. Rural Nevada EMS Conference - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Jan 5, 2024

As a way for rural EMS personnel to receive low-cost, high quality training, the Rural Nevada EMS Conference offers continuing education units and engaging sessions for EMS personnel.

...EMS personnel. --- View more Rural Nevada EMS Conference Summary Need: To provide rural Nevada EMS...

10. Defining Community Paramedicine - RHIhub Toolkit - Toolkits
Added: Jul 16, 2020

Learn what community paramedicine is and the different components of a community paramedicine program.

...EMS program may be too costly to maintain. Standalone or third-party EMS. Some EMS...