P. Daniel Patterson, PhD, MPH, EMT-B

Phone: 412.647.3183
Fax: 412.647.6999
Email: pattersond@upmc.edu

Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
230 McKee Place, Suite 500
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Completed Projects - (1)

Turnover Costs in Rural Emergency Medical Services
Costs associated with providing Emergency Medical Services (EMS) transportation in rural areas are much higher than in urban communities. This study will measure the annual rate of turnover among rural EMS systems, identify costs associated with turnover, and create a budgeting tool for calculating the costs of turnover.
Research center: FORHP-funded Individual Grantees
Topics: Emergency medical services (EMS) and trauma, Transportation, Workforce

Expected Annual Emergency Miles per Ambulance: An Indicator for Measuring Availability of Emergency Medical Services Resources
Journal Article
University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 04/2006
Proposes a county-level indicator of emergency medical services (EMS) resource availability that takes into consideration existing EMS resources, population health and demographics, and geographic factors. The indicator, the expected annual emergency miles per ambulance, provides a basis for comparing ambulance availability across counties.
Emergency Medical Services and the Federal Government's Evolving Role: What Rural and Frontier Emergency Medical Services Advocates Should Know
Journal Article
North Carolina Rural Health Research and Policy Analysis Center
Date: 2006
Examines the debate around recent recommendations for an expanded federal role in supporting Emergency Medical Services (EMS). If federal expansion were to occur, the author recommends that responsibility for EMS be placed in the Department of Health and Human Services.

Recruitment and Retention of EMTs: A Qualitative Study
Journal Article
University of South Carolina Rural Health Research Center
Date: 2005
Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) are critical to out-of-hospital care, but maintaining staff can be difficult. The study objective was to identify factors that contribute to recruitment and retention of EMTs and paramedics.