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Emergency medical services (EMS)

Current Projects

Organizational Impact of the Deployment of Ambulance Quality Feedback Systems (QFS) on Rural Volunteer EMS Agencies
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topic: Emergency medical services (EMS)

Pre-hospital Emergency Medical Services Workforce in Rural and Urban Areas
Research center : WWAMI Rural Health Research Center
Funder: Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
Topics: Emergency medical services (EMS), Workforce
This study will describe the distribution of the pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS) workforce across rural and urban areas using data from a 2008 survey of EMS agencies in nine states. Results will be used to inform policies for ensuring that rural populations have timely access to high quality pre-hospital emergency care.