Rural emergency medical services : special report.DIANE Publishing, 1989 - 97 pages |
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... Trauma Care . . . OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL POLICY . Federal Initiatives in EMS ... Systems Development . CHAPTER 2. Definition of Terms EMERGENCY MEDICAL ... CARE ENVIRONMENT . RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS . Public Access to EMS Systems ...
... Trauma Care . . . OPTIONS FOR FEDERAL POLICY . Federal Initiatives in EMS ... Systems Development . CHAPTER 2. Definition of Terms EMERGENCY MEDICAL ... CARE ENVIRONMENT . RURAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS . Public Access to EMS Systems ...
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... Trauma System According to American College of Surgeons ' Criteria . 1987 . 5-2 . State Trauma Center Designation and Verification Practices , 1986-87 6-1 . State EMS Program Funding . 1988 ... 6- ~ . State and Community Highway Safety ...
... Trauma System According to American College of Surgeons ' Criteria . 1987 . 5-2 . State Trauma Center Designation and Verification Practices , 1986-87 6-1 . State EMS Program Funding . 1988 ... 6- ~ . State and Community Highway Safety ...
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... emergency care will contribute to death or permanent injury . The one - quarter of Americans who live in rural areas , which occupy four - fifths the country's land area , face special problems in receiving emergency care . It is ...
... emergency care will contribute to death or permanent injury . The one - quarter of Americans who live in rural areas , which occupy four - fifths the country's land area , face special problems in receiving emergency care . It is ...
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... Health Care Policy and Research , " published in July 1989 ( 50 ) . 5The Sensitivity Index Project , funded through DOT's National Highway. few States have directed the care of the seriously injured to designated trauma centers , but ...
... Health Care Policy and Research , " published in July 1989 ( 50 ) . 5The Sensitivity Index Project , funded through DOT's National Highway. few States have directed the care of the seriously injured to designated trauma centers , but ...
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... hospital or physician may sometimes be achieved through cooperation with neighboring communities that have medi- cal resources . If the availability of health care services diminishes in rural areas , EMS provid- ers may have to assume ...
... hospital or physician may sometimes be achieved through cooperation with neighboring communities that have medi- cal resources . If the availability of health care services diminishes in rural areas , EMS provid- ers may have to assume ...
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accident Advanced Life Support ambulance service American College appropriate call and promptly cardiac arrest Carolina College of Emergency College of Surgeons coordinated counties deaths Department of Health Department of Transportation DHHS Director dispatch DOT's E E E emergency department Emergency Medical Services emergency medical technicians Emergency Physicians EMS communications EMS programs EMS services EMS system EMT-D EMTs equipment evaluated facilities Federal EMS guidelines Health and Human helicopters Human Services implement injury medical control Medicine motor vehicle National EMS Clearinghouse nurses paramedics percent population prehospital care prehospital care providers prehospital providers problems promptly available quality assurance regional resuscitation rural areas rural EMS providers rural EMS systems Rural Health rural hospitals rural residents rural trauma RURALSIM skills standards statewide Surgery tion trauma care systems trauma centers trauma patients trauma system triage U.S. Department urban areas volunteers
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Page 59 - State, in cooperation with its local political subdivisions, shall have a program to ensure that persons involved in highway accidents receive prompt emergency medical care under the range of emergency conditions encountered. The program shall provide, as a minimum, that: I.
Page 59 - There are first aid training programs and refresher courses for emergency service personnel, and the general public is encouraged to take first aid courses. V. There are criteria for the use of two-way communications. VI. There are procedures for summoning and dispatching aid. VII. There is an up-to-date, comprehensive plan for emergency medical services, including: A. Facilities and equipment. B. Definition of areas of responsibility. C. Agreements for mutual support. D. Communications systems.
Page 59 - I. There are training, licensing, and related requirements (as appropriate) for ambulance and rescue vehicle operators, attendants, drivers, and dispatchers.
Page iii - The special problems of health care in rural areas have long occupied a special niche in policies designed to advance the Nation's health. Programs for recruitment, training, and deployment of health care personnel, for constructing health care facilities, and for financing health care, often have included special provisions for rural areas or attempts to mitigate the negative impacts on rural areas of policies primarily designed for and responsive to urban areas. However, rural areas continue to...
Page 96 - Stults KR. Brown DD. Kerber RE: Efficacy of an automated external defibrillator in the management of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: Validation of the diagnostic algorithm and initial clinical experience in a rural environment.
Page 56 - Feasibility studies and planning for emergency medical services systems and the establishment, expansion, and improvement of such systems.
Page 97 - Bureau of the Census, 1980 Census of Population, Volume 1: Characteristics of the Population...
Page 97 - Current estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, United States. 1987. Vital and Health Statistics, Series 10, No. 166.
Page iv - Vice Chairman Department of Family Medicine University of Washington Peter Sybinsky Deputy Director for Planning, Legislation, and Operations Hawaii Department of Health Fred Tinning President Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine Kirksville, Missouri Robert Vraciu Vice President Marketing & Planning HealthTrust, Inc. Nashville, Tennessee Robert Walker Chairman Department of Family and Community Health Marshall University School of Medicine Huntington, West Virginia Roger C. Herdman, Assistant...
Page iv - Kalamazoo, Michigan Roland Gardner President Beaufort-Jasper (South Carolina) Comprehensive Health Center Robert Graham Executive Vice President American Academy of Family Physicians Kansas City, Missouri Alice Hersh Executive Director Foundation for Health Services Research Washington, DC David Kindig Director Programs in Health Management University of Wisconsin-Madison T. Carter Melton, Jr. President Rockingham Memorial Hospital Harrisonburg, Virginia Jeffrey Merrill Vice President Robert Wood...