RT Book, Section A1 Cooley, Craig A1 Dreher, Rebecca A2 Cooney, Derek R. SR Print(0) ID 1126790132 T1 Rural EMS T2 Cooney's EMS Medicine YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780071775649 LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1126790132 RD 2024/03/29 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.