Tag: emergency
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Life-saving rapid response in jeopardy in some communities
As rural ambulance services struggle to find enough volunteers to maintain their services, it’s the moments of that crucial golden hour that tick away when help takes longer to arrive, or even fails to arrive.
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Rural ambulances face their own emergency
Rural ambulance departments across the Dakotas, which have struggled for years to have enough volunteer EMTs, are hitting a tipping point: Some are not able to continue as they have for decades. Others will face decisions in the next few years. What’s changed? How will it affect rural communities? How are people thinking differently about…
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Avera eHelm technology saves lives in rural hospitals
Marshall County Healthcare Center is proud to have a rural hospital with state of the art technology, according to Hospital CEO Nick Fosness.