Regional EMS gets telemedicine grant

Arrowhead EMS Association was awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Program as part of an initiative to improve and expedite post-crash care in rural communities and tribal areas.

The program will equip 20 ambulances with telemedicine technology so EMTs and paramedics can get support from doctors, nurses and paramedics in the field or during transport, speeding access to post-crash care.

The Arrowhead EMS Association is a nonprofit organization acting as the lead regional EMS planning organization serving northeast Minnesota and Douglas...