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Topic Guides Search Results for: EMS

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1. Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma Overview
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. Community Paramedicine Overview
Reviewed: Aug 29, 2024

Provides information, resources, and answers frequently asked questions related to community paramedicine. Covers benefits and challenges community paramedicine programs in rural communities, defines the role of community paramedics, discusses education and licensure requirements requirements for community paramedic providers, and program funding. Includes community paramedicine models and existing program examples.

...EMS) to receive healthcare in non-emergency situations. This can create a burden for EMS...

3. Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Overview
Reviewed: Sep 3, 2021

Resources, information and frequently asked questions related to the requirements and benefits of the rural Critical Access Hospital (CAH) program. Covers legislation affecting CAHs, CAH regulations related to Medicare and Medicaid, the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexibility Program, and more.

...EMS related to quality metrics and sustainable rural EMS models. Implementation of Flex EMS Supplemental...

4. Rural Health Information Hub Topic Guides A-Z

A list of common rural terms and the related Rural Health Information Hub topic guide.

...EMS, see Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma EMS and Trauma Environmental Health, see Social...

5. Education and Training of the Rural Healthcare Workforce Overview
Reviewed: Jun 7, 2023

Information, resources, and frequently asked questions related to the education and training of the rural healthcare workforce. Includes use of educational programs to introduce students to healthcare careers, role of community colleges, rural rotations in academic programs, use of technology in training the rural health workforce, and baccalaureate-MD programs.

...EMS Live @ Nite Provides monthly training to rural EMS providers throughout the northwestern United States...

6. Rural Emergency Preparedness and Response Overview
Reviewed: Nov 13, 2023

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...

7. Rural Agricultural Health and Safety Overview
Reviewed: Aug 1, 2024

Farm and agricultural safety resources for rural communities. Discusses health risks and injuries, federal programs that support agricultural health and safety programs, other funding sources, and more.

...EMS personnel respond to a grain bin engulfment, they must be careful to avoid becoming...

8. Rural Health Policy Overview
Reviewed: Feb 2, 2024

Provides an overview of rural health policy and the issues it addresses. Identifies the key federal agencies, national organizations, and other stakeholders involved in rural health policy. Addresses the steps in the rural health policymaking process, available resources for staying current on policy changes, and the role of researchers and membership organizations in rural health policy.

...EMS), through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of EMS . Veterans Health...

9. Rural Hospitals Overview
Reviewed: Feb 10, 2022

Provides an overview of the challenges facing rural hospitals, specific rural hospital designations, services rural hospitals provide, and alternative hospital models proposed to serve rural communities.

...EMS) and Trauma topic guide. What do we know about quality of care at rural...

10. Topic Guides

A list of current Rural Health Information Hub topic guides grouped by theme.

...EMS) and Trauma Home Health Services Hospice and Palliative Care Maternal Health Mental Health Oral...