Learn - leaders in education around rural need - bringing primary and continuing education to therural setting, utilizing face-to-face , on-line, and distance learning tools. - UTE pass regional…

Learn - leaders in education around rural need - bringing primary and continuing education to therural setting, utilizing face-to-face , on-line, and distance learning tools. - UTE pass regional health service district (uprhsd) is offering emergency medical service (EMS) learning opportunities for residents of the district and expanding learning opportunities to the rural population with a focus on the US armed forces veteran population. Through the leaders in education around rural need (learn) program, rural students will engage in primary and continuing education /advanced EMS certification. This program will allow students to access course material without driving an hour or more to get to a city offering collegiate-level classes. In these rural areas, emergency calls take longer to respond to, and the transport time to definitive intervention for critical patients is extended, necessitating a higher provider level working the calls. There is a higher-than-average number of veterans in the district. Working with the population of focus will allow the learn program to educate veterans who will be volunteer responders and can respond as peer support to EMS or behavioral health and substance use disorder calls involving veterans. The traditional EMS training is modeled on driving over an hour each way for classes, multiple days a week. Some EMS courses are already offered in the district, allowing students to do advanced emergency medical technician labs at the uprhsd classroom. This allows students from the district to get EMS education closer to home. The learn program will equip the uprhsd classroom live-stream classes to 360 students annually, regardless of their proximity to the building. IT will provide supplies, equipment, and training on specific medications that will benefit populations at risk for mental health or substance use disorder. Principles from social distancing have given the learn program ideas on effectively connecting and teaching residents interested in learning and furthering EMS skills.