Rural emergency medical services: patients, destinations, times, and services. Academic Article

abstract

• This study sought to describe the volume of use, mix of patients, origin and destination of runs, times and distances to care, and the volume of clinical services provided in a rural emergency medical services region. This study summarizes all 6,080 rural emergency ambulance trip reports filed from April through September 1991 from the 12 rural counties surrounding Augusta, GA. Rural ambulances are regularly used and are used extensively by elderly populations. The pattern of services provided suggests that while advanced care may or may not have been indicated, it was rarely provided and that rural emergency medical service programs should consider a greater reliance on basic life support teams.

authors

• Morrisey, Michael
• Ohsfeldt, Robert

published proceedings

• J Rural Health

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Morrisey, M. A., Ohsfeldt, R. L., Johnson, V., & Treat, R.

citation count

• 10

complete list of authors

• Morrisey, MA||Ohsfeldt, RL||Johnson, V||Treat, R

publication date

• September 1995

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Journal of Rural Health  Journal

keywords

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Aged
• Ambulances
• Catchment Area, Health
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Female
• Geography
• Georgia
• Health Services Accessibility
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Patients
• Rural Health Services
• Time Factors
• Transportation Of Patients

PubMed Central ID

• 10153688

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1111/j.1748-0361.1995.tb00426.x

start page

• 286

end page

• 294

volume

• 11

issue

• 4

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0361.1995.tb00426.x