TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Rural EMS A1 - Cooley, Craig A1 - Dreher, Rebecca A2 - Cooney, Derek R. Y1 - 2016 N1 - T2 - Cooney's EMS Medicine AB - Our colleagues in pediatrics often remind us that children “are not just little adults.” In much the same way, rural EMS is not just “little” EMS. Rural EMS departments not only face the same issues as their urban counterparts, but also must cope with challenges specific to rural areas, such as limited local resources and geographic isolation.1 Because of these differences, rural EMS requires more than just downsizing an urban system to be successful. This chapter will highlight some of the challenges unique to rural EMS systems, and allow the reader to begin to develop an approach to rural medical direction. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/16 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126790132 ER -