Community Paramedicine
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Pioneering patient management and communication tools may be the answer to enhancing provider job satisfaction and combating EMS retention problems
Dr. Linda Dykes and Rom Duckworth discuss trans-Atlantic lessons in emergency management
From house calls to heartfelt care: Inside the evolution of a Texas county鈥檚 community paramedicine program
EMS providers can 鈥淚dentify-Report-Refer鈥� to help improve a patient鈥檚 health through strengthening the patient鈥檚 social connections
Community paramedics have an opportunity to change EMS response to overdose and addiction through application of harm reduction techniques
The unit will allow physicians to perform on-scene treatment outside the scope of a standard EMS provider
Under the new agreement, the hospital will hire a paramedic and EMT to handle transfers, 911 calls and other duties at the hospital
Leaders from established MIH/CP programs presented their most pressing issues at the NAEMSP conference
Officials said the vans will cost less than treating the state鈥檚 homeless residents at hospitals
The evolution of EMS has led to the rise of community paramedicine to address the patient and hospital need for mobile, integrated and high-quality health care
The program will serve as a six-month trial of how firefighters and paramedics can assist medical facilities with at-home patient care
Officials said many senior citizens are unable to leave their homes and struggle to feed their pets
Dramatic changes for EMS reimbursement are destined to happen regardless of the Republican repeal or replacement efforts targeting the Affordable Care Act
The organization is trying to formalize the health and safety checks its volunteers already conduct during their daily home visits to seniors
Here are six immediate actions for EMS leaders to join the EMS 3.0 transformation
As EMS will always be the ultimate health care safety net, there are new and expanding opportunities as health care and EMS enter version 3.0
The project is also using local paramedics to fill gaps in the treatment of tuberculosis patients
The grant will help reduce operational strain on EMS resources and improve care for patients with complex medical conditions
Tucson鈥檚 pilot program is pulling habitual 911 callers out of the system, here鈥檚 how
Principles for the ethical EMS provider
When paramedics are called to care for hospice patients, many times the patients are taken to a hospital, which interrupts the hospice program.
Officials said many patients don鈥檛 have access, transportation or knowledge of how to navigate the medical community, and rely on 911 service for non-emergency calls
Specially trained paramedics work with mental health patients by identifying problems, intervening and de-escalating situations
A paramedic and an outreach worker from the Santa Fe Prevention Alliance go to the homes of overdose victims to provide the training and Narcan kits
Our co-hosts discuss the first set of standardized measures to evaluate, benchmark and publicly report the outcomes of EMS-based MIH programs
These tools create the first set of standardized measures to evaluate, benchmark and publicly report the outcomes of EMS-based MIH programs
Take an active role in overcoming the challenges of EMS career so that you can focus on doing what you love
As EMS technology and service models continue to evolve words, phrases or activities will become tradition
The causes of chronic pain and the role of community paramedics in treating it as a disease with a pathophysiological process discussed at EMS World Expo
During the year the program has been in place, paramedics have evaluated 627 patients; more than a quarter were transported to the county鈥檚 mental health facility