HRSAs Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center

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HRSAs Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance
Center

• Nels D. Sanddal, MS, REMT-B, Director
• Funded Through a Contract With
• Health Resources and Services Administration
• Office of Rural Health Policy
• Blanca Fuertes, Project Officer

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HRSAs REMSTTAC
A Collaborative Partnership
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Vision

• REMSTTAC assists HRSA and the Office of Rural
  Health Policy in preserving and improving EMS and
  trauma care in rural and frontier areas of the
  U.S. by developing innovative systems and tools
  that enhance systems change at national, state
  and local levels.

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REMSTTAC at the Intersection
REMSTTAC
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Collaborators

• Rural Health
• National Rural Health Association National
  Organization of State Offices of Rural Health
  Rural Health Resource Center Rural Assistance
  Center Childrens Safety Network Intermountain
  Injury Control Research Center Burns
  Telecommunications Center Western Transportation
  Institute Frontier Education Center.

• EMS
• National Association of State EMS Directors
  National Association of EMS Physicians National
  Highway Traffic Safety Administration EMS for
  Children National Association of EMT National
  Native American EMS Association National
  Association of EMS Educators National Council of
  State EMS Training Coordinators Center for Rural
  Emergency Medicine.

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Example of Recent Collaboration

• Rural Trauma Webcast
• HRSA Trauma/EMS Program
• HRSA Trauma/EMS Program TA Center
• TASC TA Center
• ORHP All Programs Meeting
• Discussed Need to Involve Rural Health Care
  Facilities and EMS Agencies in Trauma Care
  Systems
• Available at
• www.hsbcom.com/archives.htmems

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Special Project Detail
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REMSTTAC Town Hall Meetings

• October 4, 2004, Park City UT
• November 16-19th, 2005, VT, NH, ME,
• To Solicit Input for ORHP/REMSTTAC
• Key Issues
• Product Needs
• Service Needs
• Additional Meetings Scheduled
• March-April, 2006 Appalachian Region

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REMSTTAC Web Site
www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ruralems/
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Agricultural Injury and Response Compendium

• Inventory Existing Programs and Resources
• Cluster Together on Web-Site
• Promote
• Refer

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ageMCRF-farmrescue
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EMS Managers Orientation

• Work with Other Agencies/Organizations
• Review Existing Resources
• Modify or Develop if Not Available
• Shift From Management Training to Orientation
• What Do I Need to Know to Survive
• On-Line
• Promote/Distribute
• Available 2006

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Financial Toolkit

• Large Tool Box
• Initially a Limited Set of Tools
• Developing a Budget
• Developing Fiscal Accountability
• Chart of Accounts
• Off-the-Shelf Low Cost Software
• Reporting and Interpreting
• Available 2006

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Distance Learning Barriers

• ID Existing Use/Non-Use
• ID Reasons for Non-Use
• Develop Strategies to Overcome
• Research Completed 2006

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Rural EMS Driving Risks

• Research Frequency/Typology
• Develop Training
• Compare Simulator/Hands On
• Deploy and Evaluate Programs
• Initial Research Available 2006

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Rural EMS Agenda for the Future

• Promote and Promulgate
• Develop Tools to Assist in Implementation
• Monitor and Evaluate
• Identify Best Practices

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Rural EMS and Trauma Technical Assistance Center
(REMSTTAC)

• Activities Provides direct consultation through
  telephone, email or on-site. Also provides
  immediate referral to other ORHP TA centers,
  other HRSA TA centers, federal program offices,
  state program offices, individual resources,
  consultants.
• Serves Federal and state EMS/trauma and rural
  health policy makers, regional and local EMS
  agency directors, individual EMS providers,
  general rural community with questions concerning
  EMS/trauma.
• Contact Nels D. Sanddal nels.sanddal_at_remsttac.or
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• (406-587-6370, 866-587-6370)
• Web Site http//www.ruralhealth.hrsa.gov/ruralems