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Free rural EMS tools, archive and document library
These free tools and records are for anyone working on rural emergency medical services (EMS) and community paramedicine. That includes EMS leaders, people who give patient care, educators and researchers. The staffing calculator, the archive of recordings and the reference library are free, and none needs an account. The Community Paramedic curriculum is the one exception. TPF releases it on request to bona fide educational institutions. TPF’s own tools come from its field work. The archive and library keep work produced across the field.
What’s available
Five resource areas
Digital Archive & Document Library
For anyone researching how community paramedicine and rural prehospital care developed. The library holds 491 documents and presentations on program implementation, governance, rural EMS planning, research and national policy. They include meeting presentations from the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP) and the E.V.E.N.T. patient safety reports. Free to download.
Browse the library →Community Paramedicine Historical Archive
For anyone who wants to hear how the field was argued and built. It holds 54 audio recordings from the monthly calls and special sessions of the Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) and the IRCP (2010 to 2015). It also holds 17 CPIF video sessions (2017 to 2020) and one Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance session. The audio has machine-generated transcripts. Free.
Open the archive →Community Paramedic® Toolkit
For agencies planning a community paramedicine program or putting one on a formal footing. This 46-page, 12-step implementation guide was developed with the Idaho Bureau of EMS and Preparedness. It sits in the document library with about 100 other program implementation resources. Free to download.
Find in the document library →Financial Models & Calculators
For service directors, county officials, and paramedics and other EMS staff weighing staffing and pay. The staffing and schedule calculator runs free in your browser. Rural EMS cost, revenue and sustainability models are in preparation. TPF can do custom analysis as part of a project.
Open financial modeling →Community Paramedic Curriculum
For colleges, universities and other bona fide educational institutions. The Community Paramedic curriculum (v3 and v4.0) is released when an institution asks, and verification is required. Paramedics reach it through an accredited program. The Paramedic Network holds the copyright. TPF does not own or co-own it. TPF’s role is to ensure the curriculum reaches bona fide educational institutions.
Access at CommunityParamedic.org →Historical archive
A decade of recordings, now accessible
From 2010 to 2020, the Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) and the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP) calls recorded the field as it was being built. Presenters joined from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Sweden, and the Netherlands. The recordings capture the arguments, evidence and program models that shaped how community paramedicine grew.
The audio recordings from 2010 to 2015 are kept with machine-generated transcripts. The CPIF video sessions from 2017 to 2020 are on YouTube and embedded in the archive page.
What the archive contains
54 audio recordings, CPIF and IRCP, 2010 to 2015
17 CPIF video sessions, 2017 to 2020
Machine-generated transcripts for every audio session
Presenters from 8+ countries
1 Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance session, 2021
Document library
491 documents from across the field
The TPF document library is a free online archive of the documents that shaped community paramedicine and rural prehospital care. EMS agencies, state offices, academic researchers, government bodies and international organizations produced them. TPF did not write them. They are collected and kept here as a historical record of the field.
The library includes IRCP meeting presentations from 2010 and 2012 to 2014, rebuilt from archived slides. It holds the E.V.E.N.T. EMS patient safety reports, peer-reviewed research, and governance and legislative reference materials. Its implementation toolkits come from across North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Library categories
Community paramedicine program implementation: 103 documents
Governance and legislation: 2 documents
Rural EMS system planning: 11 documents
Research and evidence: 327 documents
IRCP meeting presentations: 43
National policy and reference documents: 5 documents
Financial modeling
Financial Models & Calculators
EMS Staffing & Schedule Modeling
Test shift patterns, unit-hour utilization and staffing needs against call volume and coverage targets. It runs in your browser, with nothing to download.
Open calculator →Rural EMS Cost & Revenue Modeling
Cost of service models, revenue cycle analysis, and comparisons of payment to cost for rural ambulance agencies. The suite is being updated so it applies to rural EMS in general.
Learn more →System Sustainability & GEMT Analysis
Sustainability models, break-even analysis and Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) feasibility checks for rural EMS agencies. They help an agency weigh its long-term financial structure and whether it qualifies for Medicaid supplemental payments.
Learn more →Tell TPF about a resource gap
TPF’s tools come from its projects. The archive and library grow from contributions across the field. If your system has a planning problem these tools do not cover, contact TPF. Do the same if you have a document that belongs in the archive.