Office of Rural
Health Policy
The Office of Rural Health Policy administers a number of grant
programs that can be used to support rural EMS and trauma system
development at local, regional and state levels. Among these are:
- Rural
AED
The Rural Access to Emergency Devices (RAED)
Grant Program provides funding to rural communities to purchase
automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and provide training in
their use and maintenance.
- Outreach
The Office of Rural Health Policy's Outreach
Grant Program is designed to encourage the development of new and
innovative health care delivery systems in rural communities that
lack essential health care services.
- Network
Network Development Grants provide funding
to help rural communities strengthen their health care systems.
These grants are designed to further ongoing collaborative relationships
among health care organizations by funding rural health networks
that focus on integrating clinical, information, administrative,
and financial systems across members.
- Rural Hospital
Flexibility
The Rural Hospital Flexibility Program
is a Federal initiative that provides funding to State Governments
to strengthen rural health. It allows small hospitals the flexibility
to reconfigure operations and be licensed as Critical Access Hospital
(CAHs), offers cost-based reimbursement for Medicare acute inpatient
and outpatient services, encourages the development of rural-centric
health networks and offers grants to States to help implement
a CAH program in the context of broader initiatives to strengthen
the rural health care infrastructure.
Other
HRSA Funding
The Health Resources and Services Administration
provides funding through a number of grant programs.
Other
DHHS Funding
Other sources of funding throughout the Department
of Health and Human Services.
Other
Resources
This link provides access to potential grant
resources across a variety of agencies and organizations.
Federal Grant
Website
Grants.gov allows organizations to electronically
find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal
grant-making agencies. Grants.gov is THE single access point for
over 900 grant programs offered by the 26 Federal grant-making agencies.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
has supported the development of many standardized training programs
for EMS personnel. Among these are:
- First Responder
The First Responder: National Standard
Curriculum. These lesson plans serve as the foundation for training
public safety personnel in entry level techniques of emergency
medical care.
- EMT – Basic
The EMT-Basic curriculum is intended to
prepare a medically competent EMT-Basic to operate in the field.
EMT-Basic personnel are prepared to function as primary care givers
in a prehospital environment including ambulance operations.
- EMT – Intermediate
The EMT-Intermediate: National Standard
Curriculum (1998) represents the minimum required information
to be presented within a course leading to certification as an
EMT-Intermediate. The EMT-I can function at levels that include
all skills of the EMT-Basic plus additional levels of invasive
therapies such as medication administration and airway management.
- EMT – Paramedic
The EMT-Paramedic: National Standard Curriculum
represents the minimum required information to be presented within
a course leading to certification as a Paramedic. The EMT-Paramedic
can provide care that includes all of the skills of the EMT-Basic
and EMT-Intermediate plus a wide variety of other invasive and
advanced prehospital techniques.
- Refresher
Refresher courses are designed to review
all of the information contained within the initial course of
instruction to ensure continued familiarity and competency will
all materials and skills contained within the initial curriculum.
- Emergency Medical Dispatcher
The Emergency Medical Dispatchers guide
is intended to provide appropriate EMS personnel (like the EMS
administrator and communications administrator) with a guide to
assist them in the planning and implementation process.
Other Training Resources
- Federal Emergency
Management Agency
FEMA provides many programs, courses, and
materials to support emergency preparedness and response for emergency
personnel as well as the general public.
- Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security leverages resources within
federal, state, and local governments, coordinating the transition
of multiple agencies and programs into a single, integrated agency
focused on protecting the American people and their homeland.
This page provides a comprehensive list of training and education
resources available from USFA, including course offerings from
both the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and the National
Fire Academy (NFA).
- National Council of State EMS Training Coordinators
The National Council of State EMS Training
Coordinators promotes the training of Emergency Medical Services
personnel based on sound educational principles, current medical
knowledge and practice.
- National Association of EMS Educators
The National Association of EMS Educators
mission is to promote EMS Education, develop and deliver educational
resources, and advocate research and life long learning.
Reimbursement & Financing
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
assures health care security for beneficiaries and will open their
programs to full partnership with the entire health community
to improve quality and efficiency in an evolving health care system.
Rural EMS and Trauma Policy
- Rural
EMS Agenda for the Future
The rural/frontier emergency medical service
(EMS) system of the future will assure a rapid response with basic
and advanced levels of care as appropriate to each emergency,
and will serve as a formal community resource for prevention,
evaluation, care, triage, referral and advice. Its foundation
will be a dynamic mix of volunteer and paid professionals at all
levels, for and determined by its community.
- National Association of State
EMS Officials
The National Association of State EMS Directors
is the lead national organization for EMS, a respected voice for
national EMS policy with comprehensive concern and commitment
for the development of effective, integrated, community-based,
universal and consistent EMS systems.
Technical Assistance
- Rural Hospitals & Local Healthcare – Technical Assistance Service Center
The Technical Assistance and Services Center
(TASC) provides technical assistance for the Rural Hospital Medicare
Flexibility (Flex) Program in the form of information, tools and
resources.
- General Rural Health Issues – Rural Assistance Center
The Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established
as a rural health and human services "information portal" to help
rural communities and other rural stakeholders access full range
of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them
to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
To accomplish this, RAC gathers and streamlines information from
myriad sources and provides easy access to that information.
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