Rural EMS
Panelists discuss how they are making EMS education and training more accessible and available in rural parts of the country
How to add intranasal drugs to the BLS scope of practice, and why it would be a valuable addition to the BLS toolbox
3 steps to obtaining leadership buy-in to establish a training department or program
It鈥檚 a constant struggle, especially since EMTs are paid per ambulance run instead of by the hour
Victory EMS is the only service for 900 square miles; managers hope it鈥檚 a temporary problem as they reorganize collection of payments
Sixty percent of the state鈥檚 approximately 200 rural ambulance services are volunteers, and the population is aging with few recruits
The metrics lack a basic understanding of rural health care and degrade volunteerism, officials said in response to the ACEP report card
Getting out the jaws of life doesn鈥檛 always work; training focused on how to go into the grain bin without also becoming stuck
What can you do if you don鈥檛 expect sufficient law enforcement escort into the 鈥榳arm zone鈥� to arrive in time?