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From page 86...
... The process of choosing treatments and target populations is generally performed through the use of one of four procedures: • Procedure 1 – Choosing treatments and target populations when treatment effectiveness is known, and both crash and non-crash data are available. • Procedure 2 – Choosing treatments and target populations when treatment effectiveness is known and crash data are available, but detailed inventory data are not available.
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From page 87...
... Therefore, it is critical for local rural EMS agencies to determine realistic resource and performance standards for their given area, taking into consideration the standards set by the various national organizations. This first step can be viewed as an evaluation process, or in another way, it can be viewed as a planning process.
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From page 88...
... pertain to deficiencies in system integration, quality of care, and response time. By implementing strategies/treatments related to the respective objective, EMS agencies in rural areas will be able to work more efficiently toward their goal of providing the best available care for injured patients involved in motor vehicle crashes in the following ways: • By integrating services, EMS agencies will be able to utilize capabilities of other organizations and be able to streamline processes and develop new and unique functionality that previously did not exist.
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From page 89...
... Since this procedure concerns treatment strategies without known effectiveness, it will not be possible to target the treatments based on any type of economic analysis such as those in Procedures 1, 2A and 2B. Instead, the treatment will be targeted to EMS agencies and communities located in geographical areas with the highest total crash cost or frequency, coupled with user judgment concerning other characteristics of the potential target groups, and technical and political issues.
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Key Terms

  • target populations
  • crash cost
  • rural ems
  • crash data
  • treatment effectiveness

  • total crash
  • inventory data
  • established goal
  • local rural
  • nchrp report

  • potential treatment
  • chosen treatment
  • highway agencies
  • potential treatments
  • ems agencies

  • response time
  • available budget
  • fatal crash
  • effectiveness expressed


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