Topic: Emergency Medical Services

2008 ENA National Scorecard on State Roadway Laws: A Blueprint for Injury Prevention
The 2008 ENA National Scorecard on State Roadway Laws: A Blueprint for Injury Prevention is a tool to empower ENA members, public health and highway safety professionals and the public at large to engage in collaborative efforts that encourage lawmakers to pass research-based laws protecting people from roadway-related injuries focuses on developing specific state laws to prevent injury and save lives.

Emergency Medical Services in Rural America (PDF)
National Conference of State Legislatures, 2007
A summary of the NCSL’s day-long conference in April 2007 to inform policymakers about the challenges facing emergency medical service providers in rural America.

A Guide for Enhancing Rural Emergency Medical Services
Transportation Research Board, 2005
NCHRP Report 500, Vol. 15
Provides strategies to enhance rural emergency medical services.

A Guide to Emergency Quarantine and Isolation Controls of Roads in Rural Areas (PDF)
Transportation Research Board National Cooperative Highway Research Program Web Document No. 130 (2008)

Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services (PDF)
National Rural Health Association, 2004
This document demonstrates that rural and community-based EMS must play a key part in the rural health care delivery system.

Rural Safety, Health, and Emergency Response
Center for Excellence in Rural Safety
CERS research director Thomas Horan and research associate Benjamin Schooley have been investigating the role information technologies play in reducing response times and increasing health care service quality of emergency responses to traffic crashes in rural settings.

ITS and Transportation Safety: EMS System Data Integration to Improve Traffic Crash Emergency Response and Treatment
University of Minnesota, CTS 09-02
Examines the use of information systems and intelligent transportation systems in terms of responses to vehicle crash emergencies.

Application of GIS and Operations Research Logistics Planning Methods for Arkansas Rural Transportation Emergency Planning (PDF)
Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center; Research and Special Programs Administration, 2008

Trauma System Agenda for the Future
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), n.d.
This report presents a Trauma System Agenda for the Future, reflecting the synergism of ideas generated from literally hundreds of professionals and based on decades of experience.

White papers

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Template for Law Enforcement to Hand Over Crash Victim Identity (ID) and Emergency Contact Information (ECON) to EMS Providers Following a Motor Vehicle Crash (PDF)
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) IT Infrastructure Technical Committee, 2008
A white paper on the need for leveraging the existing law enforcement telecommunications network to establish a standards-based interoperable transaction linking together law enforcement and EMS systems. The goal is to develop the ability to quickly and securely transfer crash victims' identification and medical information from law enforcement to on-scene EMS providers.