ACEP‘s Rural Emergency Medicine Section

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Rural Emergency Medicine

Faced with unique challenges of providing appropriate and adequate medical care in rural areas, members of the Section of Rural Emergency Medicine develop and share information related to issues such as pre-hospital, initial primary hospital, and tertiary hospital care of rural emergency patients. The section serves not only as a communications vehicle, but also as a database of relevant literature, education, and research.

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Featured News

August 2, 2023

ACEP Frontline - Just the Facts Man - Rural Care Quality Data with Dr. Steve Haywood

In this episode of ACEP Frontline, we talk with Dr. Steve Haywood about the research and data on the quality of care provided by EM docs with consideration of telehealth in rural and critical access s...

June 22, 2023

Journal of Rural Emergency Medicine

Read the first two issues in our resources area.

June 16, 2023

Interview with Viktoria Koskenoja, MD, ACEP Rural EM Section Chair (Audio Only)

Dr. Koskenoja talks about the many fulfilling aspects of rural medicine, some of the challenges faced, and unsupervised non-physician providers staffing emergency departments.

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Journal of Rural Emergency Medicine

Read the first two issues in our resources area.

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