Roughly 4.5 million people live in an ambulance desert, defined as an area where a dispatch station is at least 25 miles away, according to a report published in May by Maine Rural Health Research Center.

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'Yvonne Jonk, deputy director at Maine Rural Health Research Center, said North Dakota has one of the lowest rates for ambulances per square mile, but one of the highest rates of ambulances per 100,000 residents.'

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Of Maine's 16 counties, 15 have ambulance deserts, where people live more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station. Maine was ranked the second-worst ambulance desert state in the Northeast, behind only Vermont.

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'You're more likely to die if you have a cardiac arrest if you live in an ambulance desert. You just won't get to a health facility in time,' said Yvonne Jonk, deputy director at Maine Rural Health Research Center.

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ICYMI: Dr. Yvonne Jonk, from Maine Rural Health Research Center presented key findings from a new chartbook that identifies places and people that are more than 25 minutes from an ambulance station, also called an ambulance desert.

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Nearly 4.5 million people in the US reside in an 'ambulance desert' – 25 mins or more from an ambulance station. Of those, >50% are residents of #rural counties, according to a new study by the Maine Rural Health Research Center and the Rural Health Research Centers.

Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services, webinar recording from Maine Rural Health Research Center Rural Health Research Gateway
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The recording, slide deck, and transcript of our webinar, 'Ambulance Deserts: Geographic Disparities in the Provision of Ambulance Services,' are now available.

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Across the 41 states included in these analyses, 4.5 million people lived in an ambulance desert in 2021-2022. Of the 4.5 million living in ADs, 2.3 million lived in rural counties.

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.Rural Health Research Gateway is hosting a webinar at noon CDT June 26 on ambulance deserts and geographic disparities in the provision of ambulance services, including key findings from the new Maine Rural Health Research Center chartbook. Register: bit.ly/3X9ylio #ruralhealth

ICYMI: Maine Rural Health Research Center has released a new chartbook on ambulance deserts and disparities in the provision of ambulance services. Find it here: bit.ly/43ntH2G #ruralhealth