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Emergency services
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Tools
Success Stories
- EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
Funding
- 2010 Harvard Fire Executive Fellowship Program
Senior fire executives will be awarded fellowships to attend Harvard's annual Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Feb 12, 2010
Sponsor: U.S. Fire Administration
- Rural Emergency Responders Initiative
Grants to strengthen the ability of rural communities to respond to local emergencies.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: USDA Rural Development
- USDA Community Facilities Loan and Grant Program
Funding to construct, enlarge, or improve essential community facilities for health care, public safety, and public services in rural areas.
Geographic Coverage: Nationwide
Application Deadline:
Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Sponsor: USDA Rural Development
Publications
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Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas: The Supporting Role of State EMS Agencies
Reports on a survey of state EMS directors regarding access to rural EMS, programs and initiatives by state EMS agencies that target rural and volunteer EMS providers, integration initiatives by rural EMS providers, issues in medical direction for rural EMS, and anticipated effects of the new Medicare fee schedule on rural EMS providers.
Author(s): Astrid Knott
Sponsoring organization: University of Minnesota Rural Health Research Center
Date: 02 / 2002
Format: PDF
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Alternative Approach to Defining Rural for the Purpose of Providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
Defines rural and access appropriately for emergency medical services. Includes maps.
Sponsoring organization: Rural Health Resource Center Technical Assistance and Services Center
Date: 07 / 2004
Format: PDF
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A Comparison of the Seventeen Approved Katrina Waivers
Updates a summary and comparison of seventeen states' approved Medicaid waivers related to Hurricane Katrina evacuees.
Sponsoring organization: Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured
Date: 01 / 2006
Format: PDF
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EMSC Five-year Plan: 2001-2005
Serves as a National blueprint for those charged with ensuring the futures of our Nation's children. Includes numerous goals and objectives.
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Date: 2000
Format: PDF
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Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services: Agenda for the Future
Contains goals to meet the needs of rural communities, resources already in place, what needs to be done, and what needs to be funded to make EMS work in rural communities.
Author(s): McGinnis, K.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Date: 10 / 2004
Format: PDF
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Rural Emergency Medical Service: A Silent Concern
Discusses providing emergency medical services in Rural Alabama.
Sponsoring organization: Alabama Rural Health Association
Journal citation: Alabama - Rural Remedy Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Date: 03 / 2003
Format: PDF
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Rural EMS: Financing Preparedness
Discusses how low-volume and high-fixed costs affect rural providers. Discusses the need to keep EMS organizations running and connected with medical help.
Sponsoring organization: Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy
Journal citation: Capital Area Rural Health Roundtable Notes Volume: 5 Issue: 2 Pages: 1-4
Date: 06 / 2001
Format: PDF
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Rural Healthy People 2010: Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas - Emergency Medical Services
Addresses rural emergency medical services issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on access to quality health services.
Author(s): Cortney Rawlinson, Paul Crews
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
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Rural Healthy People 2010: Access to Quality Health Services in Rural Areas - Emergency Medical Services: A Literature Review
Detailed literature review of rural emergency medical services issues associated with the Healthy People 2010 focus area on access to quality health services.
Author(s): Cortney Rawlinson, Paul Crews
Sponsoring organization: Southwest Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2003
Format: HTML
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A Systems Development Guide for Emergency Medical Services: A Systematic Approach to Funding and Administration
Details EMS funding and administration. Contains chapters on planning the emergency medical services system; basic life support; advanced life support; first responders; organization of an EMS; estimating costs of an EMS system; funding options; example of EMS system case studies; effective administration; available resources & services; references; and appendices.
Author(s): Cheryl F. St. Clair, Kirk D. Christie, Sarah Trzebiatowski, Gerald A. Doeksen
Sponsoring organization: Delta Rural Hospital Performance Improvement Project
Date: 2003
Format: PDF
Journals
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Journal of Rural Health
Offers research of projects to improve rural health, statistics, and mathematical models. Provides summaries of recently published rural health research. Provides links to author, subject and abstract indexes.
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
Organizations
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Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services
Encourages and promotes quality patient care in America's medical transportation system. Sponsored by the American Ambulance Association, American College of Emergency Physicians, National Association of EMS Physicians, National Association of State EMS Officials, National Association of EMTs, and International Association of Fire Chiefs, with liaison representation from The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration.
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Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems
Provides the highest possible quality to professionals involved with air medical services and ground interfacility transport services, giving priority to patient care and safety of the transport environment.
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Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Focuses on improving outcomes for people who become suddenly ill or who are injured in rural areas of the U.S. and around the world. Dedicated to the prevention of injury and illness, research into rural injury and illness and training for rural emergency medical care providers.
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Emergency Medicine Learning & Resource Center
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Firehouse.com
Contains information for Fire, Rescue, and EMS personnel. Provides updates on news, education, funding, jobs, training and more.
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GSK/TUMS-First Responder Institute
First Responder Institute, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization whose
objective is to provide assistance to emergency personnel to help them make
their communities safer.
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Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center
National organization which enhances the readiness of the public health workforce in responding to routine and urgent public health threats, including bioterrorism events.
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National Association of EMS Educators
Promotes EMS Education, develops and delivers educational resources, and advocates research and lifelong learning.
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National Association of EMS Physicians
Consists of physicians and other professionals partnering to provide leadership and foster excellence in out-of-hospital emergency medical services.
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National Association of EMTs
Serves its professional membership through educational programs, liaison activities, development of national standards and reciprocity and the development of programs to benefit pre-hospital care personnel.
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National Association of State EMS Officials
Provides leadership and support to develop effective EMS systems throughout the nation and formulate national EMS policy, and to foster communication and sharing among state EMS directors.
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National Emergency Medical Services for Children (EMSC) Data Analysis Resource Center
Helps EMSC grantees and state EMS offices develop their own capabilities to collect, analyze, and utilize EMS and other healthcare data to improve the quality of care in state EMS and trauma systems.
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Rural Emergency Medical Services & Trauma Technical Assistance Center
Serves as a national focal point for the dissemination of information on rural and frontier emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma care. REMSTTAC can be accessed by a broad range of rural and frontier EMS providers including federal grant recipients, state EMS and rural health offices, and their constituencies including rural hospitals and communities.
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