Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg, Virginia
Who should attend? Local Government Officials, EMS Leaders and Providers and Community Healthcare Providers
Register Before November 30, 2009.
The Virginia Office of EMS is sponsoring The Rural EMS Summit to develop strategic initiatives and objectives for a state plan to address the needs of rural EMS agencies in Virginia. The summit is scheduled for December 10 and 11, 2009 in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Despite the improvement in EMS service to the rural areas of Virginia there are some looming problems. In March 2009, participants at a Rural EMS Roundtable function identified a number of deficiencies and prioritized the top three challenges facing EMS agencies in rural areas as
- EMS Agency Leadership and Management,
- Local government involvement/accountability, and
- Recruitment and Retention of EMS personnel.
Kevin McGinnis, MPS, EMT-P will be the key note speaker and meeting facilitator. Kevin is the Program Advisor to the National Association of State EMS Officials, a former state EMS director and the author of the Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services Agenda for the Future.
This meeting is a collaborative effort of the Virginia Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services and the Office of Minority Health and Public Health Policy Division of Primary Care and Rural Health. Funding for this event is provided through a Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Flex Grant.
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