Community Paramedicine
Access our Community Paramedicine directory, offering valuable information on innovative models of care that extend the role of paramedics beyond emergency response. This collection includes articles on preventive care, chronic disease management, and partnerships with healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive care in the community. Understanding community paramedicine is key to improving public health and reducing hospital admissions. For more related content, visit our section on Integrated Care. Stay informed and explore the future of EMS with our resources on community paramedicine.
A new program in Ontario is training paramedics to care for palliative patients
Gainesville Fire Rescue鈥檚 Krista Ott and David Sutton share how to tell your story to stakeholders
It is in our healthcare system gaps in coverage where the community paramedic lives and can show their worth
The award-winning EMS innovation serves a seasonal patient population surge by leveraging cops trained as medics
Medics give medications to TB sufferers, assist hospice patients and assess heart failure to prevent a crisis rather than responding to one
Patients visit a downtown office, where a community paramedic helps them manage their health after surgeries, and better care for chronic conditions like diabetes
A pilot program where medics make house calls was made permanent, and the department will deploy a mobile unit for low priority calls
Good Shepherd Medical Center recently adopted a new approach to stroke care鈥攐ne that reduced their overall response time significantly without any other changes to their operating procedures
A novel approach to a problem faced by medical centers all over the world: Which clock are you looking at? If you鈥檙e in EMS, it鈥檚 a simple question with complex consequences.
By connecting all care givers we can improve patient outcomes
The year-long pilot program sends a nurse practitioner to treat patients on scene who don鈥檛 need transport to the hospital
Experienced leaders of U.S.-based community paramedic programs answered questions about the current state and future of community paramedicine
The acquisition enhances mobile integrated healthcare capabilities and creates opportunities for AMR to partner with fire departments and local government
From the NIH to the Cincinnati stroke scale, RACE or the Los Angeles Motor Score, stroke scales are a work in progress
On the 10th year of the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum Fitch reflects on the era of big data, community paramedicine, and EMS provider health and wellness
Priority Ambulance medic makes non-emergent home visits to visit patients and prevent emergency department transports
The specially-equipped ambulance is outfitted with supplies found in an urgent care center, and a nurse will treat non-urgent medical calls that would otherwise result in a hospital transport
Hospitals consider paying for community paramedicine to avoid patient readmissions
EMS educator Bledsoe discusses when is it acceptable to deviate from protocols, and the role of community paramedicine in the future
Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with sepsis saves lives
A wife struggling to manage medication for her husband reminds me that I wish we could do more, maybe through community paramedicine, for our patients
Two paramedics received training to visit patients鈥� homes as part of a program to reduce high-frequency utilizers and hospital readmission rates
A national survey by the NAEMT found 81 percent of agencies reported program success in reducing 911 calls
Understand the capabilities of specialty teams in your region and how to activate them to save lives
The pilot program, started for under $100,000, will target 35 residents with chronic illness
