Volunteer/Rural EMS

The challenges of volunteer and rural EMS departments are well-known to those who practice in or manage them: funding, staffing, recruitment and retention, access to specialty care, equipment, training and so many more. Despite the challenges, providers are forced to do more with less, enabling them to mature their skills in several different ways.

The volunteer/rural EMS topic features an array of resources to help volunteer and rural first responders to hone their skills, identify grant funding and training opportunities, growing membership and bridging the gap between patients and definitive care through technology advancements, like telemedicine, and models like treat in place.

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Remember 2 Things: EMS in remote environments
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It can be confusing to determine the allowable scope of practice in non-traditional EMS environments, such as a deployment to a disaster response or in a medical first aid tent. In this episode, Steve Whitehead discusses where to find the medical authority answers and how you can be sure you're following protocol, even in remote environments.
Remember 2 Things: Powerful tips for moving EMS patients
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Patient handling is a skill EMTs and paramedics use on nearly every patient contact. In this episode of Remember 2 Things host Steve Whitehead shares two tips for lifting and moving patients - the crossed arm carry and creating trust with.
What it takes to be an EMT
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In the first episode of this small online series, we meet Gabe. Learn how Gabe went from a small town volunteer EMT to a Navy Corpsman and emergency dispatcher. What journey will you take?
What it's like to volunteer at a Va. EMS agency
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The Harrisonburg Rescue Squad is a 100% volunteer EMS agency that answers 911 calls in Harrisonburg and parts of Rockingham County, Virginia. The volunteer squad responds to more than 8,500 calls a year.
Virginia volunteer firefighters suspended after taking baby to hospital in fire engine
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Two volunteer firefighters in Virginia were suspended after they transported an 18-month-old child to the hospital in a fire truck, according to WTTG.
EMTs film 'Snowmageddon 2016'
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EMTs from Campbell County Rescue Squad, a volunteer rescue squad from Campbell County, Virginia, made this video while on duty during the snowstorm of January 2016.
Meet 83-year-old EMT Cotton Weaver
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Cotton Weaver was a volunteer EMT at Cypress Creek EMS, Texas. He retired in October, when he was 83 years old.
N.H. responder pulls dying daughter from wreckage
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