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.
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鈥淎s healthcare professionals, it is not the purview of EMS providers to judge our patients. It is our job to care for them鈥�
Helping a fall patient back into bed, a chair or onto the ambulance cot should launch risk mitigation in the patient鈥檚 home to prevent future falls
An inside look at Guilford County鈥檚 award-winning program response to low-acuity and behavioral health calls
New report reveals insights into prehospital heat-related incidents attended by EMS
Making care more accessible, reducing hospital utilization and improving outcomes
Pilot program in El Cajon diverted some 911 calls to nurses for the appropriate level of care
Colorado Springs Paramedic Nicholas Fisher tackled Dizmang and placed him in a headlock
If you鈥檝e seen one community paramedicine program, then you鈥檝e seen one program; here鈥檚 how successes from four different programs can be translated to new ones
The initial call for the Colorado Springs Community Response Medicine crew was for man lying near the water
Task force members discussed funding, salaries, regulations and community paramedicine
Funding will help add mental health professionals to calls for help, provide appropriate treatment to individuals in crisis
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
Clarksville received a $495,000 grant from the state, which will support the program for three years
Have EMS operations failed to keep up with the growing complexity demanded by the communities we serve?
Sameer Jafri, Rory Beyer and Moseley Andrews included in prestigious list recognizing 30 of the top innovators, game-changers, and influencers under the age of 30
secured a prestigious Silver award within the Medical Devices & Technology 鈥� Medical Devices category for the Avive Connect AED
South County Fire is adding staff to its community resource paramedic program that has decreased 911 calls and emergency department visits
Organizers have seen a decrease in unplanned emergency department, hospital visits in the first year
The Office of Community Health and Safety mental responds to behavioral health crises, overdose incidents and homelessness
Missoula鈥檚 Mobile Support Team replaces the tradition police response to mental health, substance abuse calls
Chief David Lewis and Kyle Gaines join the podcast to discuss a successful MIH initiative getting patients to treatment counselors
State health officials say the street medicine program reaches some of the state鈥檚 sickest and most vulnerable people
Delaware County officials look at a pilot program using mental health professionals, certified peer specialists as a fourth emergency service
Assessing and improving community health with the Healthy People 2030 plan
Pioneering patient management and communication tools may be the answer to enhancing provider job satisfaction and combating EMS retention problems
Approximately 1,000 patients have been seen at DocGo clinics outside Dollar General stores since the service started last fall
The Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) department will send civilian responders to calls that do not warrant a police or fire response
The pilot program that launched Health 99 has seen patients overdosing multiple times due to a lack of treatment options
Funding for six new personnel will allow the Naperville Fire Department to expand the Community Advocate Response Team program
Oakland County communities use trained mental health specialists to provide assistance to EMS, law enforcement
An expansion of Medi-Cal funding has helped Clinica Sierra Vista deliver medical care to the homeless population
Initiatives using clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises are gowing
