• Emergency Medical Services (HRSA grantee Web site) at the Rural Assistance Center

Publications

• Farm Rescue and EMS: A State by State Directory
  Contact information for individuals and agencies interested in improving their response to agriculturally related products
  
• Rural Ambulance Service: Budget Model
  Includes worksheet and instruction manual that allows rural EMS agencies to calculate a detailed budget. The value of "volunteer" time is included in the calculations.
  
• Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future: A Service Chief's Guide
  Companion to the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future (National Rural Health Association, 2004). Outlines activities rural EMS agency managers can participate in to position their individual agency to achieve the vision outlined in the Agenda.
  
• Community-Based Needs Assessment: Assisting Communities in Building a Stronger EMS System
  This document builds on the concept outlined in the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future that suggests that local communities should participate in a structured planning process to determine the attributes of the EMS system serving their community.
  
• Distance Education in EMS: A Literature Review and Rural/Urban Comparison
  Reviews current and potential roles of distance education in meeting the training needs for rural and frontier prehospital care providers.
  
• Quality Through Collaboration: The Future of Rural & Frontier EMS in the U.S. Health System
  Compares the findings of the Institute of Medicine's Future of Emergency Care reports with their previous work on Rural Health and with the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future and HRSA Model Trauma System Planning and Evaluation document.Identifies similarities and overlaps of the recommendations and approaches.
  
• Rural & Frontier EMS Town Hall Meeting Summary
  Captures the essence of several town hall meetings conducted by HRSA during which rural EMS providers identified various issues of interest and concern to their local agency.
  
• Rural EMS Manager's Awareness Program
  For new local EMS agency managers or service chiefs. Provides an overview of the issues and activities that he/she should be aware of and involved in from the outset of their tenure. Designed as a "survival guide" until the individual can receive more formal training on various aspects of his/her responsibilities
  
• Rural Ambulance Service: Budget Model
  Budgeting and financial management tool.
  
• The Future of Emergency Care in the United States Health System (Institute of Medicine)

The Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP) promotes better health care service in rural America. As an essential part of that mission, ORHP seeks to preserve and improve EMS and trauma care in rural and frontier areas of the U.S.

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