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Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Communities


Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Communities - HRSA

Note: While air ambulance services have an important role to play in the provision of EMS in rural areas, the Committee focused its discussions on ground ...

Rural Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma Overview

Provides an overview of EMS and trauma services in rural areas. Answers frequently asked questions about funding, equipment, training, ...

Rural EMS

Improve access to emergency air medical services that are critical for saving lives, particularly for Americans living in rural communities, using data ...

Healthcare Access in Rural Communities Overview

In addition, the lack of reliable transportation is a barrier to care. In urban areas, public transit is generally an option for patients to get ...

Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda for the Future

Ensuring access to high-quality EMS services is growing more and more difficult for. EMS ambulance agencies in rural areas around the country. Many rural EMS ...

Expanding access to emergency care in rural hospitals

Providers with special training can use telehealth to assist staff in rural hospitals. This helps treat injuries quickly. In a medical emergency ...

July 2025: Rural US Emergency Medical Services | Journal of Ethics

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) are the most immediate health care resource for many US residents living in rural areas. We all rely on EMS to coordinate ...

Improving Access to EMS and Health Care In Rural Communities

Rural emergency medical services (EMS) are more often called upon for longer distance transports and to perform services and referrals normally provided by ...

Emergency Medical Service (EMS)

Assess the core competencies of a rural ambulance agency to provide broader service and greater value patient care and access in rural America. This self ...

EMS Services in Rural America: Challenges and Opportunities

... Services (EMS) ... Emergency Medical Service Providers and the Burden of Drug Overdose in US Rural Communities. ... Emergency medical services naloxone access: A ...

Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas

The Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas is a rural health research project funded by the Federal Office Rural Health Policy.

Rural vs. Urban: Differences in EMT Responses and Resources

Geographic Isolation: Rural areas are often remote, with considerable distances between emergency incidents and healthcare facilities. This ...

Characteristics and Challenges of Rural Ambulance Agencies

But universal access to emergency care is in jeopardy in rural areas where people live, work, or recreate. Yet, only 11 states have codified EMS in State ...

AHA Statement to House on "Access to Health Care in America

REHs are a new Medicare provider type to which small rural and critical access hospitals can convert to provide emergency and outpatient ...

Delivery of Emergency Care in Rural Settings An Information Paper

Critical Access Hospitals and various forms of freestanding EDs also have potential to creatively address the emergency medicine needs of rural communities.

No ambulances, closing hospitals: The crisis facing rural America

As rural hospitals shutter across the nation, dwindling emergency medical services also must travel far to the nearest hospital or trauma center ...

Why Health Care Is Harder to Access in Rural America | U.S. GAO

More than 60 million Americans—about one-fifth of the U.S. population—live in rural areas. On average, rural residents are older and ...

The Supporting Role of State EMS Agencies - Rural Health ...

Access to Emergency Medical Services in Rural Areas: The Supporting Role of State EMS Agencies ... Concludes that the time is right for a new national initiative ...

Prehospital Time Interval for Urban and Rural Emergency Medical ...

Previous data suggest that pre-hospital time intervals are better in urban areas than in rural areas [3,8]. Moreover, in a previous review, ...

Engaging Communities to Preserve Access to Emergency Medical ...

Rural hospitals have experienced acute difficulty in arranging interfacility transfers when the local ambulance service refused to take COVID-positive patients.


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Medical deserts in the United States

The United States has many regions which have been described as medical deserts, with those locations featuring inadequate access to one or more kinds of medical services.