Homeless
“Community paramedics hold a unique skill set to address the overlapping mental, medical and social conditions that homeless individuals may be presenting”
An EMS social worker describes how a new program in Texas is serving patients while decreasing 911 calls
50 people sickened at a homeless shelter is a reminder that there needs to be a process in place to handle multi-patient scenes
Created earlier this year, Santa Fe’s Alternative Response Unit members are trained in de-escalation techniques
Under the program, the partnered roles will serve as the city’s Mobile Crisis Unit, providing “non-emergency response and care to unhoused community members”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed also announced a new Street Wellness Response Team to expand mobile mental health and social services
Commissioners debated how much funding to allocate to the program, which dispatches a paramedic and social worker to some calls
Officials said Huntington Beach’s HOPE program is meant to supplement the efforts of homeless liaison officers and expand access to mental health care
The expanding Health One program provides on-scene care to those experiencing mental illness, homelessness and chronic health problems
New Britain EMS is coordinating with social services and homeless outreach workers for a new citywide campaign
The pilot program launched Tuesday after being delayed for more than a year
Newark officials say the woman had called for help earlier but that an error had been made logging the address of her call
The Crisis Assistance Helping Out on the Streets unit, CAHOOTS for short, sends teams of medics and trained mental health workers to urgent calls for medical or psychological help instead of police
The Mayo Clinic community paramedic program in Rochester made regular visits to homeless people in quarantine locations during the pandemic
Austin-Travis County EMS Paramedic Practitioner Travis Baker has spent the last year treating hundreds of homeless and low-income patients in place
Some activists expressed concerns about the inclusion of police in mental health crisis teams
Police said paramedics failed to properly assess the patient and should not have let her go to the hospital in a police car
Mayor London Breed has proposed $17 million to fund the teams, which will include paramedics and behavioral health experts, for two years
The family of Hirschell Fletcher Jr., who died after an assault in 2016, will be allowed to continue their lawsuit against the two firefighter-medics
The two first responders, who pleaded guilty to falsifying reports about the incident, may be protected from civil liability under the controversial doctrine
The city is poised to direct the funds toward the Portland Street Response program that would dispatch paramedics and behavioral health experts on some calls
Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller proposed a plan to send social workers and other specialists to mental health and homelessness-related calls
A Dallas Fire-Rescue crew responded to a medical call about one patient when others at the shelter began saying they felt sick
Personnel from the LAFD’s Station 9 in Skid Row gave an inside look at their experience aiding thousands of homeless residents
The mobile health service seeks to help residents in need with basic medical care to reduce the need for emergency calls
Amber Price said seeing the same people make the same mistakes made her want to find ways to help people beyond rushing to them in an ambulance
The team will respond to calls involving people dealing with behavioral crises, substance-abuse issues, chronic or less-acute medical issues and social-services needs
Officials estimate that the Southwest Texas Crisis Collaborative will save taxpayer money and boost mental health services for patients
Leilah Nolan and Tom Thackray-Collier bought the man warm clothes after treating him in the “freezing cold”
Bruce Diamond, a homeless man, was arrested after throwing a rock at the ambulance while it was parked at a curb
The idea is that providing the homeless with housing costs less than leaving them on the streets, where they ultimately drive up health care costs
Even as the homeless crisis has reshaped politics of the city and region, 911 has not evolved to cope with the scale of the problem, city leaders say
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