Rural Emergency Medical Services

Acknowledgements

This volume of NCHRP Report 500 was developed under NCHRP Project 17-18(3), the product of which is a series of implementation guides addressing the emphasis areas of AASHTO's Strategic Highway Safety Plan. The project was managed by CH2M HILL, and the co-principal investigators were Kevin Slack of CH2M HILL and Ron Pfefer. Timothy Neuman of CH2M HILL served as the overall project director for the team. Kelly Hardy, also of CH2M HILL, served as a technical specialist on the development of the guides.

The project team was organized around the specialized technical content contained in each guide and the overall team included nationally recognized experts from many organizations. The following team of experts, selected based on their knowledge of this emphasis area, served as lead authors for the rural EMS guide:

  • Darren Torbic
    Midwest Research Institute
  • John Chew
    The EMSSTAR Group, LLC

Development of the volumes of NCHRP Report 500 utilized the resources and expertise of many professionals from around the country and overseas. Through research, workshops, and actual demonstration of the guides by agencies, the resulting documents represent best practices in each emphasis area. The project team is grateful to the following list of people and their agencies for supporting the project by providing material, participating in workshops and meetings, and providing input and comments during the development of the rural EMS guide:

Bob Bailey, Inc.
Bob Bailey

Minnesota EMS Regulatory Board
Mary Hedges

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Gary Modi

Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation
Nels D. Sanddal

National Highway Transportation Safety Association
Susan D. McHenry

South Dakota Department of Public Safety
Bob Graff

Federal Highway Administration
Clayton Chen
Karen Croysdale

National Association of State EMS Directors
Kevin McGinnis

Texas Department of State Health Services
Pete Wolf

Iowa Department of Public Health
Anita Bailey

Nevada State EMS
Bob Heath

Wisconsin Department of Transportation
Don Hagen

Iowa EMS Association
Gary Ireland

Pennsylvania Department of Health
Bob Cooney