Rural Ambulance Services At Risk As Volunteers Age And Expenses Mount

A Teton County emergency medical services volunteer outside the Benefis Teton Medical Center in Choteau, Mont.

To keep emergency services afloat in rural areas, communities will have to go beyond volunteer-based programs to get people to distant hospitals, experts say. Meanwhile, some 911 calls go unanswered.

(Image credit: Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radio)

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