March 2006 - The National Rural Health Association has issued a rural EMS recruitment and retention paper.
National EMS Organizations meet in January 2006 to discuss forming an EMS PAC and Congressional EMS Caucus. Article courtesy EMS Best Practices. File size=168kb.
Local EMS performance improvement project completed in 2005 by the EMS department of Trousdale Medical Center in Tennessee. File size=108kb.
June 2005 Best Practices in Emergency Services article "The Controversy Over EMS, Homeland Security and the Feds" Posted with permission from Best Practices in Emergency Services. File size=226kb.
April 2005 EMS Magazine Article - "Community Paramedicine: Part of an Integrated Healthcare System"Posted with permission from EMS Magazine. File size=220kb.
Winter 2005 Case/IH Farm Forum - "Who Will Answer Your Call for Help: Rural EMS Squads Serve in the Face of Volunteer and Funding Challenges" Posted with permission from Farm Forum. Further distribution of the complete pdf file is also permitted. File size=1.03MB.